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Seek the truly practical life, but seek it in such a way that it does not blind you to the spirit working in it. Seek the spirit, but seek it not out of spiritual greed, but so that you may apply it in the genuinely practical life.

Rudolf Steiner

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Rudolf Steiner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 27
Died: 1925
Died: March 30
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