Light on the path

 

Rudolf Steiner:  "Seek the real practical life, but seek it in such a way that it does not numb you to the spirit that works within it. Seek the spirit, but seek it not with supersensible greed, not out of supersensible egoism, but seek it so that you can apply it selflessly in practical life in the material world. Apply the ancient words ‘Spirit is never without matter; matter is never without spirit’ in such a way that you say to yourselves: We will do all things in the material world in the light of the spirit, and so see the light of the spirit that it may enkindle warmth for our practical deeds."

Source: September 24, 1919 GA 297