Frithjof Schuon Archive

When something — good or bad — is of importance,It has an emanation that proclaims it;If not, then it has no importance —And nothing to do with fundamental questions.Where there is a cause, there must also be an effect,Be this great or small;It is said that we should...

God deep in the heart — chatter all around;Blessèd repose in the midst of human agitation.The fate of man, and the life of the wise —Nothing other could destiny weave for thee.

A monk from Mount Athos once told me That only as Trinity is God understandable.I say: God possesses Trinity; Trinity does notPossess God; the Most High is infinite.

Beauty of the Void: it sounds like a contradiction,Yet is understandable; for Heaven’s vaultIs beautiful in its silence; as is also the snowWhen, as if in blessing, it falls on the land.And likewise the soul, when it has forgottenAll triviality, because God’s fullness...