“To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”
“Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.”
“in my cowardice I became at once a man, and did what all we grown men do when face to face with suffering and injustice; I preferred not to see them”
“Cowardice is nothing to do with it - suicide takes considerable courage. Japanese have the right idea. No, what selfish is to demand another to endure an intolerable existence, just to spare families, friends, and enemies a bit of soul-searching.”
“Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.”
“I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.”