Frithjof Schuon Archive

One can often see strange contradictionsWith highly gifted people: always in flight,They are incredibly prolific and combineWord-inebriation with profundity; hence Shakespeare’s impact.Actors may well live towards the outward —But nonetheless can have their...

Hold fast to the One, and thou wilt reach the One —The True, which alone makes us happy,Beyond erring ways, where we weep in vain —Thou wilt reach the Light, where the heart rejoices in God.Hold fast to the One, whose Grace will hold thee fast,When in thy soul...

It is difficult for me to understand whyA new day gives me something, and takes away something —And why every day this ego becomes something new,Constantly changing as it swims through existence.Who am I, then? God, who gives life,Is what I love, and it is He who...

Saints can be narrow and hard of heart —What then is sanctity? Certainly, it isLove of God, and nothing else; but manRemains man within the orbit of his earthly tendencies.The saint does not spare the land of the enemy;Hence the wars of religion —Even sainthood can...