1) Physical courage
that does not deal with muscles or violence, but with the body as a way of cultivating empathy and sympathy.
2) Moral courage
that takes a stand against violence of any type: physical, moral, spiritual, and psychological. The most frequently experienced form of cowardice is the statement, "I did not want to become involved."
3) Social courage
which includes risking oneself to achieve meaningful intimacy, to invest one s time, emotions, energy over time in order to develop relationships. It is the courage to withstand the fear of autonomy, abandonment and self-actualization. It is also the courage to stand up to the fear of being totally absorbed by the other.
4) Creative courage,
which includes both the discovery and the appreciation of new forms, ideas, patterns and symbols. It is the courage to defy death, not by denying physical death, but by reaching beyond it through the products of our creative acts. Creativity comes from the struggle and courage to confront death and to rebel against it. Courage means seeing death as an injustice and fighting it and all injustice.