It takes courage to look in the mirror and see past your reflection to who you really are when you take off the mask, when you're not performing the same old routines and social roles. It takes courage to ask - how did I become so well-adjusted to injustice?
It takes courage to cut against the grain and become nonconformist. It takes courage to wake up and stay awake instead of engaging in complacent slumber. It takes courage to shatter conformity and cowardice.
The courage to love truth is one of the preconditions to thinking critically....When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself.
-Cornel West, Hope on a Tightrope: Words & Wisdom, p. 9-10
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