Rudolf Steiner: "In esoteric life it is impossible to live with what is so prevalent in normal life: to interpret the lie as truth. In esoteric life the truth is what works, rather than the interpretation. Only the truth, nothing but the truth, works in esoteric life. It is possible to color something with vanity, but the coloring you give it makes no impression on the spiritual world. The unvarnished truth is what works in the spiritual world."