Frithjof Schuon Archive

The good man longs for heavenly bliss —Only he has a sense of the vision of God and of peace;Most people feel happyIn the agitation that they themselves are here below.But he who would attain what God offers us,Must within himself resemble Heaven.That someone has a...

The Truth of God is the Absolute,And absolute should be the JoyThat rings out from the True; To piety and wisdom’s graceBoth Truth and Joy belong. Be thou a reflection Of what radiates from Pure Being.

The name of man — a possibility.The Name of God — Being, Spirit, Power, And Felicity, from out of which shines Beauty,And the Compassion that watches over the world.Be thou with Him, and He will be with thee;And if thou callest His Name, He will enter into thee,For He...

Sadness is a kind of unconscious revolt,A lack of resignation and trust;One who, without resistance, lets himself be seducedBy the soul’s moods, lacks trust in the All-Merciful.The root of every noble tendency is Trust in God — the meaning of earthly life.