Frithjof Schuon Archive

Learned philosophers have disputed muchAbout questions of space and time;It is strange that one has endured so much hair-splittingAbout something that everyone can see for himself.Space is nothing other than expansion;And, if nothing fills it, it is the emptiness of...

Unicity is irresistible —The whole world could be crushed by It.May the true One-and Only, which shines divinely —Illumine the dark night of illusion.Relative being is shattered against the wall of Pure Being —What is not the Great One, is nothing.Nevertheless: the...

Serenity — it is unconditional,And so is resignation to God’s Will.Certitude — it is evident in itself; May it fill thy soul with trust in God. I have said it before in different words; Meet thyself thus wherever thou art.

A special kind of beauty is dignity:He who understands and loves it participates in the OneWithin life’s stream; nobility of comportmentIs to unite the human state with the Being of God —Participation in the Center, that never wavers,Is God-remembrance, grateful for...