Frithjof Schuon Archive

Science: what counts is not whatMan knows about the many thingsContained in the universe; what counts isWhat man makes of his detailed knowledge.For science does not build the house of wisdom —It is assimilation by the spirit that constitutes wisdom.

Let the dead bury their dead,Thus spake Jesus. This means: when thou standestBefore God in prayer, do not think of the messengersOf the world — otherwise thou wilt not know whither thou goest.Do not say: before following God’s call,I will turn in another...

It is a pity that one persists inWorldly thinking — gladly and not so gladly.Before the door of thy thinking, place a light,High and serene like the morning star.Thou shouldst see God before thou losest thyselfIn the meander of thy psychic world;He is the rock, before...

Formerly it was believed that the sun andThe stars circled round the earth,And one understood the deep meaning of this appearance.Today one knows better, but one is no longer wise.One no longer knows that, in the framework of the universe,The spirit of man is the true...