Frithjof Schuon Archive

Remedies work, otherwise there would beOn earth no such thing as medicine.The best physician is He who, in the Burning Bush,Spake the great words: “I am that I am.”Say not that a remedy works by itself —Be it strong or otherwise, God works therein.The one cause...

Think on God and be not troubled —The world is like the sea agitated by the wind;Thy little ship knows not what the waves want —But in God’s presence, thou art safe.

It is no joy to write a poem in which one complainsAbout machines and technology,And the evils of scientific hypertrophy —For worse came, it was not long delayed —Namely the two great wars, that boreWitness to the cult of reason, which even today,In spite of...

Plato explained — and after him Augustine —That everything good seeks to give itself;The creative stream is infinite —Yet what it brings is temporal, and will disappear.But be not sad, for all that thou see’stStands written with God since the beginning —So said Rumi....