Frithjof Schuon Archive

“There are more things in Heaven and on earthThan are dreamt of in your philosophy” —Said Shakespeare. But who wants to become a sage?Too many things seem self-evident to man —He was born in them, grew up in them,And thinks his poor day-to-day existence has to...

Warmth pertains to light; Love pertains to knowledge; for if knowledgeHas not love, it lacks humanity —The thinker must not separate himself from the human.And conversely: if love excludes truth,It becomes foolish and passionately blind —Love too needs light: it is...

Man lives because he has been born —And to live, means to journey towards death.Why does this dream of life fade away?Because tired man lives himself to death.Immortality — a wondrous word:The flow of life becomes an eternal placeThat raises us above the illusion of...

It is not true that old people are spiritually helpless —Even in the most advanced age one can breathe a prayer.It is true that everything fades away and becomes more distant —One has experience; but one cannot make use of it.