“You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking...” — George Konrad Quote

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Let's summon the courage to insist on a minimal level of civic knowledge for the citizens empowered to decide our fate.

Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children.