Albert Einstein and Rudolf Steiner:
Kindness, Beauty, Truth and the path to selflessness...
"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. ... The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. ... We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive."

"Only the individual can think, and thereby create new values for society, nay, even set up new moral standards to which the life of the community conforms. ... The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth. "(Einstein, 1954) Albert Einstein Biography

Ideals which light the way in Steiner education:
Whereas the kindergarten teacher represents to the children that “the world is good” and the primary school teacher that “the world is beautiful” - the guiding principle facing the secondary teacher is to lead the pupil through the specific nature of the curriculum to the understanding that “the world is true”.

"Geist, durchleuchte mich

Liebe, durchgluehe mich

Kraft, durchdringe mich

Dass in mir erstehe

Ein Helfer der Menschheit

Selbstlos und treu"

(May wisdom shine through me, may love glow within me, may strength permeate me,that in me may arise a helper of mankind, selfless and true" Rudolf Steiner