Anthroposophy does not want to impart knowledge. It seeks to awaken life.

Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom.

The heart of the Waldorf method is that education is an art-it must speak to the child's experience. To educate the whole child, his heart and his will must be reached, as well as the mind.

When human beings meet together seeking the spirit with unity of purpose then they will also find their way to each other.

We are fully human only while playing, and we play only when we are human in the truest sense of the word.

To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.

May my soul bloom in love for all existence.

A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living.

You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are.

Music is the expression of the will of nature while all other arts are expressions of the idea of nature.

The smallest thing in its rightful place can lead to the highest goals.

What is the one message that only you can give? It's your story.

Half the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us ever pause to consider the life of the pig-an animal easily as intelligent as a dog-that becomes the Christmas ham.

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity speak to Him frankly and plainly and implore His assistance in our affairs.

The reality is I'm not this person with this driving 'get it done' attitude.

I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing is how we think of God. By God Himself, it is not! How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important.

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.

I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.

What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them.

Destroying something, any idiot can do. Creating needs intelligence.

Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.