Frithjof Schuon Archive

Man must not presumptuously expect grace;There is no place for blind pride in God’s garden.If thou lookest calmly in the mirror of Truth,The bolts of Heaven’s doors will open for thee.

Thou shouldst plant the Good in thy soulBy ceaseless repetition of the RemembranceAnd experience of things that liberate —Of self-illumination and self-giving.

Of course thou must think of earthly things,Thou canst not do otherwise; but every dayThe stuff of thinking must be swept away,When the Peace of God lays itself over thy heart.Some things are beautiful, but many make one tired;The world is agitation — but God is...

Who art thou to criticize Protagoras?Someone could have asked of Plato;If Plato had then said: I am Plato,People would have laughed — they did not want to recognize him.Plato — and also Dante — knew who they were,Just as generations after them did.