Again and again if it happens that people speak to those outside the anthroposophical society about me, saying for example: ‘ The doctor has said this or that ‘; one should place oneself not in one’s own shoes, but in the mind of the person who hears someone else making such statements! For example, if someone says – such things happen in our association, I do not even say jokingly that this does not happen amongst us – so if someone says: ‘ The doctor takes care of the spiritual development of the people ‘, yes what should a person from outside think other than that this is an Association of foolish people, who blindly follow one human being. […] We need to take Spiritual Science seriously and we should do nothing to harm it.
Source (German): Rudolf Steiner – GA 253 – Probleme des Zusammenlebens in der Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft – Dornach, September 10, 1915 (page 31)
Translated by Nesta Carsten-Krüger
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