Frithjof Schuon Archive

Is it not strange how the smallest of thingsCan give us delight, even in our later years,When we are wise and full of experience —And more detached than ever before.This is because we never outlive the child within us,And rightly so, for it bears witness to...

I do not criticize the penitent or the ascetic;Far from it. Nevertheless,Their special vocation is not a duty For everyone, before the Face of God.Men’s capacities differ,And so do the starting-points of their spiritual paths.Whatever saves our soul can never be...

“Sensible consolations,” says theologyWith a frown. That something that pleases GodMay be found in the agreeable —This will never enter the heads of the teachers of asceticism.In a word: man must walk on both feet:One step says no, the other step says yes.Of course,...

The wheel of time turns. All things must move,Says Heraclitus. The wise man does not see anythingWithout seeing through it to its kernel.Thus for him, the flow of things stands stillIn the midst of its movement, which no manCan escape, even if he wishes otherwise.A...