It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in ones 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. – Rollo May

Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. – Rollo May

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. – Rollo May