Frithjof Schuon Archive

Strange how the world of menConsiders itself all-important.Great people, here and there —In time all things will disappear.False happiness and false greatness —See how empty your smallness is!Alla morte, che sarà?Ogni cosa è vanità!

Many a human soul is a noisy void —Why is she inflated as if born of God?A brief earthly dream, full of vanity,Restless activity — and all is lost.Remember: be small, for God is great.He has prepared for you a homeland In the Kingdom of Heaven, a golden shelter...

The modern age that kills our world,Springs from the fact that in the WestMan always has sought change. The East was in good order —A spirit, a rock that did not fall into the void.Two paths are open to the mind:One is the way of depth and striving upward,The other...

God gave to man noble languageSo that he might use and preserve itIn dignity and truth throughout the years —It illuminates and beautifies our life.Remain at the height of this, God’s gift!Always oppose corruption of the word;You cannot imagine anything better or...