Frithjof Schuon Archive

The men of olden times were wonderful —So think many admirers of antiquity;But to the unprejudiced it is clearThat in the domain of sentiments and moralsThe men of olden times were scarcely the best teachers.One must indeed see, if one thinks coolly,That naïvety often...

I knew a man — wrote Muhyiddîn —Who wept every night over the sins of the day;His tears flowed over the threshold —A saint, as people around him thought.He must have loved his tears immensely,Otherwise he would not have committed his sins.

Take thy refuge in the Lord;say not: when I understand everything;Whether thou understandest or not,

Refuge in God may lie in thy will;If thou speakest to God, know that thou art little.Seek not in the far off what is quite near —Refuge in God is already in thy being.