Frithjof Schuon: Quotes about God

Frithjof Schuon was Swiss philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on god.

Frithjof Schuon: 164 quotes2 likes

“To love God does not mean to cultivate a sentiment − that is to say, something we enjoy without knowing whether God enjoys it − but to eliminate from the soul what prevents God from entering it.”

Frithjof Schuon

[2005, Stations of Wisdom, World Wisdom, 93, 978-0-94153218-1]
God, Reverential fear and love

“If we must love God, and love him more than ourselves and our neighbor, it is because love exists before us and because we are issued from it; we love by virtue of our very existence.”

Frithjof Schuon

[2005, Stations of Wisdom, World Wisdom, 94, 978-0-94153218-1]
God, Reverential fear and love

“When God is absent, pride fills the void.”

Frithjof Schuon

[2019, Esoterism as Principle and as Way, World Wisdom, 116, 978-1-93659765-9]
God, Outline

“In pure theosophy there is no question of wishing to remove from God His mysteries by means of unveilings and specifications; for however acute our discernments, the divine mystery remains complete by reason of the Infinitude of the Real.”

Frithjof Schuon

[2014, In the Face of the Absolute, World Wisdom, 99, 978-1-936597-41-3]
God, Outline

“Divine anthropomorphism responds to human theomorphism: if God can manifest Himself in human modalities, it is because man is "made in the image of God", and this is the very reason for man’s existence and for the cosmic miracle that he is.”

Frithjof Schuon

[2008, Christianity / Islam, World Wisdom, 105-106, 978-1-933316-49-9]
God, Outline