Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Moral courage fixes wrongs, while creative courage discovers new patterns for society.
- In plain terms
- Creative courage builds new things instead of fixing old ones.
- What can you take from it?
- Create new forms to build a better society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What new forms do you see?
- How do you create?
Another view
Fixing wrongs is also necessary for progress.
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