Receptivity Requires A Nimbleness, A Fine-honed Sensitivity

Man Is The "ethical Animal" Ethical In Potentiality Even If, Unfortunately, Not In Actuality. His Capacity For Ethical Judgment Like Freedom, Reason And The Other Unique Characteristics Of The Human Being Is Based Upon His Consciousness Of Himself.

What Is Courage? This Courage Will Not Be The Opposite Of Despair. We Shall Often Be Faced With Despair, As Indeed Every Sensitive Person Has Been During The Last Several Decades In This Country. Hence Kierkegaard And Nietzsche And Camus And Sartre Have Proclaimed That Courage Is Not The Absence Of Despair; It Is, Rather, The Capacity To Move Ahead In Spite Of Despair.

One Of The Easiest Ways To Be Irresponsible About Power Is To Forget You Have It.

Courage Is Not A Virtue Of Value Among Other Personal Values Like Love Or Fidelity. It Is The Foundation That Underlies And Gives Reality To All Other Virtues And Personal Values. Without Courage Our Love Pales Into Mere Dependency. Without Courage Our Fidelity Becomes Conformism.

Deeds Of Violence In Our Society Are Performed Largely By Those Trying To Establish Their Self-esteem, To Defend Their Self-image, And To Demonstrate That They, Too, Are Significant.