“Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.”
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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.
Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.
Depression is the inability to construct a future.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.