Reverence awakens in the soul a sympathetic power through which we attract qualities in the beings around us, which would otherwise remain concealed.

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

Wherever love and compassion are active in life, we can perceive the magic breath of the spirit blowing through the sense world.

All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.

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

We must eradicate root and branch any fear and dread in our soul concerning the future that is coming towards us... We must develop composure with regard to all the feelings and sensations we have about the future; we must anticipate with absolute equanimity whatever may be coming towards us, thinking only that whatever it may be will be brought to us by the wisdom-filled guidance of the universe.

A real medicine can only exist when it penetrates into a knowledge which embraces the human being in respect to body, soul and spirit.