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

If a child has been able in his play to give up his whole loving being to the world around him, he will be able, in the serious tasks of later life, to devote himself with confidence and power to the service of the world.

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

The worlds represent increasing phases of densification, the involuting descent of spirit into matter, where the way becomes harder and longer.

The sun with loving light makes bright for me each day, the soul with spirit power gives strength unto my limbs. In sunlight shining clear I revere, Oh God, the strength of humankind, which thou has planted in my soul, that I may with all my might, may love to work and learn. From thee stream light and strength to thee rise love and thanks.

The time has come to realize that supersensible knowledge has now to arise from the materialistic grave.

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.