“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.”
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Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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.
Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.