Frithjof Schuon Archive

Where do we live? In time and space,In fleeting transience;Who are we after all? An “I,” a “thou,”A “we” — and God is our repose.Repose is our deepest self,Because our heart is the shrine of God.May the soul be God-Remembrance:Prayer is our true being.

Forgiveness means: the guilt has been erased —The guilty one has understood what he must.Forgiveness does not mean that guilt was never there,Or that the sinner was free to do as he pleased.Even if thou hast committed many sins,If now thou art in deep peace with God...

Man, so it is said, can never know God;God alone knows Himself. This is to forget:God knows Himself also within the sage;Pure Intellect can measure all enigmas —From God down to the creature. Yet what It knowsIs a thousand times greater than what It says.

Whoever will strive upward must have wings;This is the meaning of the priestly initiation.It is the entrance, or purification —The soul should be above earthly deceit.This consecration bestows spiritual strength,For without help, nothing can be attained.It is grace...