Spiritual realization is theoretically the easiest thing and in practice the most difficult thing there is. It is … - Frithjof Schuon

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Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; The good, the true, the tender - these form the wealth of home.

Frithjof Schuon

Spiritual realization is theoretically the easiest thing and in practice the most difficult thing there is. It is the easiest because it is enough to think of God. It is the most difficult because human nature is forgetfulness of God.

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The manifestation of Truth is a mystery of Love, just as, conversely, the content of Love is a mystery of Truth.

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. . . Blessed be the heart who finds its way to the eternal summer. - where grateful happiness is found through understanding that whatever your situation is, it could always be worse, but isn't. . . and the thought that things could always be better and the bitter unhappiness this creates is discarded!

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