Chapter 77Courage

BOLDNESS Boldness: do fearlessly what must be done, not dreading any difficulty.

* Mental boldness: let your mind be capable of foreseeing the perfections of tomorrow.

* Vital boldness must surrender to reason.

* Physical boldness does not know the impossible in its consecre-tion to the Divine.

* Spontaneous boldness: one of the results of perfect trust in the Divine.

* Courage: bold, it faces all dangers.

* Integral courage: whatever the domain, whatever the danger, the attitude remains the same — calm and assured.

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But courage must be calm and master of itself, generous and benevolent.

* In true courage there is no impatience and no rashness.

* Never mistake rashness for courage, nor indifference for patience.

4 November 1951

* Vital courage must be controlled to be helpful.

* A noblest courage is to recognise one’s faults.

* There is no greater courage than that of recognising one’s own mistakes.

1 May 1954

* There is no greater courage than to be always truthful.

31 July 1954

* Have the courage to be completely frank with the Divine.

* Whosoever has courage can give courage to others, just as the flame of the candle can light up another.

* It is quite necessary that those who have courage should have some courage for those who have none.

* The moral courage and endurance are often much more difficult to get than the material courage and endurance.

22 July 1955

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