It is fear of the great truths that prevents people from accepting them.
Source: Rudolf Steiner – GA 177 – Fall of the Spirits of Darkness: Lecture 4: The Elemental Spirits of Birth and Death – Dornach, 6 October 1917
Translated by Anna R. Meuss
See also: Fear and contempt facing spiritual knowledge
Previously posted on June 6, 2014
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