It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit then nothing can be more redemptive.

Also to be honest my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now aged 35 I want to see what I can achieve physically.

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage but just plain physical courage.

These rules may seem simple enough but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

In my old age I have been thinking about this and I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage.

Physical courage is a great test.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This however I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask and take it as required.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.