Moral Courage Is Stronger Than Physical Courage
Moral Courage Is Stronger Than Physical Courage Physical courage and moral courage have their own significance. These two differ widely. To compare spiritualists like Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi with wrestlers and racers is like comparing moral courage with physical courage. Gandhi and Vivekananda both were known for their calm demeanour, yet their deeds, utterances and speeches reflected the courage of a high order which is quite different from physical courage. Physical courage is the courage based on physical strength which depends upon physical exercise and training while the courage of the heart and the mind is either a born one or a created one. Physical courage comes through the exercise of the body while mental courage can be cultivated through mental exercise or by remaining in touch with great spiritualists. For the cultivation of moral courage, we have to shun the desires of the materialistic world. By controlling our desires, we can rise in spirit...