Whereas, Sir, you know courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
—Samuel Johnson, in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.
–Mohandas Gandhi, in Eknath Easwaran, Gandhi the Man
When everything is going badly, we should use such a situation as a trigger for our courage and take them as the Bodhisattva path. We should not give up when conditions are difficult; on the contrary, that is precisely when we should practice the twofold Bodhicitta, bringing all our experiences onto the path.
—Dilgo Khyentse, Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of Atisha’s Seven Point Mind Training
