Quotes from Rudolf Steiner

Tak jako dítÄ›ti do sedmého roku musíme dávat fyzický vzor, tak musí být do okolí vyvíjejícího se ?lovÄ›ka mezi výmÄ›nou zub? a pohlavním dozráním vnáÅ¡eno vÅ¡echno to, jehož vnitÃ…â"¢ním smyslem a hodnotami se m?že Ã…â"¢ídit. Nyní je na místÄ› to, co je naplnÄ›no smyslem a co p?sobí obrazem a podobenstvím.

Pro ?lovÄ›ka je dokonce velmi Å¡patné, nem?že-li pÃ…â"¢istupovat k záhadÄ› bytí nejprve citem. Je proto nutné, aby vychovatel mÄ›l pro vÅ¡echny pÃ…â"¢írodní zákony a tajemství svÄ›ta k dispozici podobenství.

Have this thought deeply imprinted within you: One day when I am ready for it I shall receive what I am to receive.

Chápání v pojmech by mÄ›lo být v jistém smÄ›ru ?erpáno z nashromáždÄ›ného pokladu pamÄ›ti. ÄŒím více ví mladý ?lovÄ›k z pamÄ›ti pÃ…â"¢ed pojmovým chápáním, tím lépe... Není jistÄ› tÃ…â"¢eba výslovnÄ› dovozovat, že toto platí jen pro vÄ›k, o nÄ›mž je tu Ã…â"¢e? (7 až 14 let), nikoli pro pozdÄ›jÅ¡í dobu.

Es totalmente arbitrario considerar como una totalidad, como un todo, la suma de lo que experimentamos de una cosa por medio de la mera percepción, y considerar como algo añadido, sin relación alguna con esa misma cosa, aquello que resulta de la contemplación pensante.

We want to be aware that physical existence is a continuance of the spiritual, and that what we have to do in education is a continuation of what higher beings have done without our assistance. Our form of educating can have the correct attitude only when we are aware that our work with young people is a continuation of what higher beings have done before birth.

for anyone else until you have wisely and effectively understood and undertaken to change yourself?

for how can you become wise and effective for anyone else until you have wisely and effectively understood and undertaken to change yourself?

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

George Adams, in his translation Occult Science—an Outline has rendered it as "mental image," "mental picture," "thought picture" or "idea" according to the context. Michael Wilson in his revision of The Philosophy of Freedom has preferred to keep to "mental picture.

ideas and concepts. With the old man, who has really united his feelings with thinking-cognition, the concepts and ideas ring true; they are filled with warmth, and permeated with reality; they sound concrete and personal. Whilst with those who have ceased to develop beyond

NeboÃ…Â¥ k ?emu položíme základy v dítÄ›ti v jeho osmém nebo devátém roce, to se projeví ve ?tyÃ…â"¢icátém pátém, padesátém roce dospÄ›lého ?lovÄ›ka, o nÄ›mž budeme jeÅ¡tÄ› mluvit. Co jako u?itel provedu s dítÄ›tem bÄ›hem jeho povinné Å¡kolní docházky, to pronikne hluboko do jeho fyzické, psychické, duchovní a lidské pÃ…â"¢irozenosti.

It is easy to decide what men ought to be; but the student works in the depths, not on the surface.

Sanguines are usually graceful and full of life. They notice and respond to everything and everyone in their environment. They move quickly from one impression or experience to the next and rarely remain with anything for long. They can therefore be restless, distractible, or fickle. Sanguines tend to be sociable, for they are personable, vivacious, and light-hearted.

The body is not merely the vesture, it is the instrument of the Spirit.

The more conscious I become that I am born out of the universe, the more deeply I feel the responsibility to develop in myself the forces given to me by a whole universe, the better human being I can become.

Každý úsudek, který není vystavÄ›n na patÃ…â"¢i?ném základÄ› duÅ¡evního bohatství, vrhá totiž soudícímu na jeho životní cestu kameny. Jednou vytvoÃ…â"¢ený úsudek o nÄ›jaké vÄ›ci ?lovÄ›ka neustále ovliv?uje a své zážitky pak nepÃ…â"¢ijímá tak, jak by je pÃ…â"¢ijímal, kdyby si nevytvoÃ…â"¢il úsudek, jenž s touto vÄ›cí souvisí.

Thought must be permeated with feeling; otherwise it will not pass into the realm of soul and it will be stillborn thought.

On the other hand, strong feelings were aroused by something else. At that time man was much more active than later. Everything in his environment as well as the images in his soul, stimulated him to activity, to movement. When his activity could proceed without hindrance, he experienced pleasure, but when this activity was hindered in any way, he felt displeasure and discomfort.

The most important thing in arithmetic is not the shapes of the numbers but the reality living in them. This living reality has much more meaning for the spiritual world than what lives in reading and writing.

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

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

Most naughtiness arises because the children are bored and lack a relationship with the teacher.

Reverence, enthusiasm, and a sense of guardianship, these three are actually the panacea, the magical remedy, in the soul of the educator and teacher.