Now remember courage, go to the door, Open it and see whether coiled on the bed Or cringing by the wall, a savage beast Maybe with golden hair, with deep eyes Like a bearded spider on a sunlit floor Will snarl-and man can never be alone.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Tate warns that courage requires facing inner fears or beasts that lurk within us. He suggests that true solitude is impossible because we always carry these internal struggles.
- In plain terms
- Courage means facing the fears inside you that make you not alone.
- What can you take from it?
- Inner fears are part of human experience that we cannot escape.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What fears do you hide?
- Can you ever be truly alone?
Another view
Some fears may be external rather than internal.
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