Frithjof Schuon Archive

With the true sage there is always holiness,But a holy man is not always a sage.Noble character they have in common;But different is the spirit’s journey.The saint is rooted in will and love;The sage, in knowledge and intelligence.Certainly, the saint also can have...

A need for explanation is natural —Not so curiosity, which is groundless;Seek not to know what is not worth knowing —What would not enrich you, if you knew it.

In worship, long-drawn-out-nessAnd complication — whether in small things or in great —Are the fault of pedants. SimplicityDoes not offend the Sacred.Certainly one must entertain the masses —But one can also manifest the sacred in a simple way.Unless richness and...

Fall of the titans. It may happen that while striving on the Path,Someone falls from a height; but know:This would not be possible without an opening —The evil one takes advantage of the soul’s fissures.The calamity is great, even if the door is small;Without...