Rudolf Steiner Quotes

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I wasn't perfect, although during the '60s, I may have appeared to be. After all, I was partying away there for awhile. From age 17 to 25, I worked only on the outer man, and I did pretty well, but I needed to go back and work on the inside.

It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. But figuratively speaking, I'm really into growth, so when I look in the mirror, I see somebody who's just trying to get better everyday.

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.

Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I am still a person with a sense of superficiality that I'm trying to challenge.

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside.

People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.' Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can.

In 'Diary,' the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and not just be a reaction to the circumstances around us.

It's only when we are able to see our own behavior that we are able to wake up and start making conscious choices.

I think it's important to talk to your inner thing. The purpose is to go over the decisions that will affect my life and others. I pray that I don't make my decisions based on ego.

I believe in nurturing the inner world.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

My generation spends too much time in the mirror and not enough looking inside ourselves.

Gaze Upward, Look Inward, Reach Outward, Press Forward.

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour each day-to get the blessings of solitude.

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.