Frithjof Schuon Archive

Greatness is not only the creation of great works —Greatness can also be one’s attitude towards lifeOn the basis of the Great Spirit, along with strengthAnd nobility — and with no other ambitionThan to live in never-changing virgin Nature,In the wake of our...

In false language usage, greatness is merely quantity,Outward success and appearance, “much ado about nothing”;Lacking foundation in the nature of things —It is not noble breadth, but miserable narrowness.In a world where everything is but appearance,One calls great...

The spoken word — does something remainWith the person who spoke it? No, but also yes.If the word manifests our essence,Then yes; if not, then nothing remains.

The word; the intention. A word in itself is a form;Intention gives it life. Distinguish between wordsWhich mean just anything and others which, With a right intention, can save us —Names of the Divinity and of the saints.God’s Word will purify us from evil —But our...