“Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.”
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Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
