Frithjof Schuon Archive

As a child, I was not really obedient;Why? Because I loved my duty.So my parents did not seek to give me orders —They could count on the child’s understanding.Why do I say this? Not to praise myself,But to offer something consoling —To approve attitudes that are...

My way was ambivalent — much went wrong,But things became better with the years;Finally the difficulties faded away.And, Deo gratias, the work succeeded.

One might think that concentration on the OneIs as an impoverishment; one would thereby forgetThat this One is also infinite —And that out of It flows the Divine Mercy.

Emptiness for God, and trust in Him,Are like two hands holdingThe same jewel: our divine goal —And may God transform our heart to light.“And when ye sacrifice, do so with joy —Let not the left hand know what the right hand doeth.”What this means, reason can tell us:In...