Frithjof Schuon Archive

Prudence is the mother of all intelligence;This is often said, but rarely practiced.So let prudence make our faith more wise —Equilibrium is the way of all wisdom.In every action and experience,Respice finem — think of the result.

You ask me about space and time,Infinity and eternity —Then formal limits and ephemerality;Form and becoming; number —The Lord is Beginning, Creator, and End;You must understand well these categories of existence —The way from God to God is long.

The “now” of the Spirit is: escaping timeFor God, through unceasing self-forgetfulness;The “now” of the fool is: enjoying the world,At every moment, like an animal.For every wise support, one can findFollies that would bind us to nothingness.It is the same with the...

With regard to the unknown, the Latin peoples areMore guarded than Germanics;The Romans remained securely within the Roman domain;Whereas the Germans readily dreamt of distant shores.In this is neither blame nor praise;In every people there are men whomThe intellect...