If we can simply distinguish between the different successive stages of evolution, it is possible to see primeval events within the earthly events of the present.

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.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

Beliefs are conclusions reached by men who are lazy to think for themselves.

It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always this occupation ought to last as long as life.

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.

What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.

I've always been one to take chances and I've always been one to, to create or follow through with instincts.

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.