Frithjof Schuon Archive

“Heaven helps those who help themselves” —This is will-power. — Then resignation:“Man proposes, and God disposes” — this thou must accept.Let the world have its play of possibilities.Patience and fervor. Without this equilibrium,Thou canst not obtain the good...

Man and his destiny — two different things.Thou see’st the man, as he stands before thee;Thou see’st his face, but not his karma —Thou see’st not how he walks into the future.Live in God, and trust in Providence —And listen to what God speaks in thy heart.

Thou shouldst not despair because of man’s foolishness;Thou must take people as they are.The fact that, despite all troubles, thou art full of hope,Does not mean that thou art blind to illusion and nonsense.Remain before the world what thou art in thy spirit;Just as...

In society, whether he wishes to or not,Man must have the courage sometimes to say no —Without fearing what others think;One cannot always please others.Among people, one must stand upright —Many an annoyance will be swept away by the wind.