Equality.

This is the significance and worth of entire creation. All things are equally precious and meaningful. Nothing is without value or may be disregarded. Each person is a part of all others.

Everyone recognizes everyone else as being a part of himself. And therefore, everyone encourages and cares for everyone else in accordance with his specific possibilities and talents. Equality makes no class distinction. Neither upper class nor lower class.

Neither royalty nor laborers, neither masters nor slaves.

Equality does not mean loss of characteristic uniqueness or individuality.

It means respect and esteem for all forms of consciousness. Not only human consciousness, but also mineral, plant and animal consciousness.

Freedom.

A prerequisite is an inner freedom from any form of self-centered philosophy. Someone who is no longer enslaved by his or her own world of desires and conceptions, who has freed himself of avarice and all forms of addiction, develops tolerance, nobility and generosity.

Only a human being who has learned to accept, respect and acknowledge his or her neighbor, is free.

Only a person who, in the first place, realizes that the mistakes which disconcert him in his fellow man are, in fact, his own personal weaknesses and then begins to correct them, is free

Freedom does not bring pressure to bear upon any other human being. Freedom does not give way to manipulation, but is considerate and appreciative of all. Free human beings have nothing to hide.

A person who does not speak spitefully or disparagingly about his fellow man, but who simply says what has to be said, in order to bring clarity to situations which are unclear, is free.

Unity.

This develops when equality and freedom are put into practice. It follows from the understanding that human beings, animals and nature are one great whole and that each violation of a part of this whole is a violation of oneself.

Unity is thoughtfulness, consideration for others, sagacity, obligingness, solicitude, prudence and unreserved openness. In unity, too, lies the respect for one another in every situation.

This then leads to true togetherness. Unity means that people with high ethical values stand by each other in emergencies or difficulties to the best of their ability.

A person who lives in true unity with his or her fellow men lives more and more unselfishly.

In this way a form of community life develops which works for the true welfare of all and, in doing so, builds up both spiritual and material benefits for mankind.

Unity calls for a heart which is wide open to creation. Once this significance is grasped and followed it leads to:

Brotherliness.

People who have become more spiritually and ethically developed, consider themselves to be brothers and sisters all over the world.

They trust one another. They work responsibly and independently. They are helpful, support those who are weak, promote the timid and do not exert any pressure or force on one another.

Each person feels responsibility for his or her fellow man. Brotherliness knows no indifference or apathy, no lethargy and no inattentiveness or negligence. Brotherliness implies a feeling of well-meaning for all human beings.

Justice.

From the four pillars of ethical life – equality, freedom, unity and brotherliness – justice emerges.

People with high ethics and morals never take advantage of their fellow men.

They strive to be fair to all concerned, because they try to be fair, honest and forthright with themselves, too.