A young monk began the Protestant Reformation. A young general extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of the earth. These people moved the world, and so can we all. Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts, will be written, the history of this generation. Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society.
Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle, or great intelligence.
Yet, it is the one essential, vital quality, for those who seek to change the world, that yields most painfully to change. And I believe that in this generation, those with the courage to enter this moral conflict, will find themselves with companions in every corner of the globe. But that is not the road history has marked out for us. But they are also more open to the creative energy of man than at any other time in history. Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.