One Does Not Become Fully Human Painlessly.

It Is Highly Significant And Indeed Almost A Rule, That Moral Courage Has Its Source In Such Identification Through One's Own Sensitivity With Suffering Of One's Fellow Human Beings." (p. 16-17)

The Insight Is Born With Anxiety, Guilt And The Joy And Gratification That Is Inseparable From The Actualizing Of A New Idea Or Vision.

Heroes Are Necessary In Order To Enable The Citizens To Find Their Own Ideals, Courage And Wisdom In The Society. The Hero Carries Our Hopes, Our Aspirations, Our Ideals, Our Beliefs. In The Deepest Sense The Hero Is Created By Us; He Or She Is Born Collectively As Our Own Myth. This Is What Makes Heroism So Important: It Reflects Our Own Sense Of Identity And From This Our Own Heroism Is Molded.

Poets May Be Delightful Creatures In The Meadow Or The Garret, But They Are Menaces On The Assembly Line.

Courage Is Required Not Only In A Person's Occasional Crucial Decision For His Own Freedom, But In The Little Hour-to-hour Decisions Which Place The Bricks In The Structure Of His Building Of Himself Into A Person Who Acts With Freedom And Responsibility.