Frithjof Schuon Archive

There are things that are lent and things that are given —Those things are lent that everyone can have;Those that are given are a sacred endowment from GodIn order to counter the blindness of the world.Despise not what is merely lent;It may be a small building block,...

In his Purgatorio, Dante criticized womenFor their low-necked robes:He thought that the pleasure women take in the glowOf their physical beauty was displeasing to Heaven;He felt that St. Peter would be unforgiving.But might not the goddess of love be indulgent?Let one...

If thou walkest in virgin Nature, thou feelest joyIn meadows and wild forests.Life is also thus — always going forward, Wherever destiny may wish to guide thee. But there is more: thou art conscious of thy path —Thou bearest the final goal deep within thy...

Sound logic is a guarantor of Truth;A sharp intelligence means justice.Morality must also be present in our thinking —To think illogically is already wickedness.Let not the words of the evil one trouble you,All he does is to distort the truth.The arch-enemy imagines...