I know that I would not have acquired the insights which I today represent with full responsibility for the world, if I had solely worked with the head and not performed my whole life what is commonly known as handwork, because working with the hands, after all, also has a certain effect on the human being. The so-called headwork alone, which only occupies the intellect, does not reach the spirit.
Source (German): Rudolf Steiner – GA 333 – Gedankenfreiheit und soziale Kräfte – Stuttgart, December 19, 1919 (page 102)
https://odysseetheater.org/GA/Buecher/GA_333.pdf#view=Fit
Anonymous translator
Guardian angel – Irma Stropeni
Previously posted on 23 december 2017
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