"Bravery is always more intelligent than fear, since it is built on the foundation of what one knows about oneself: the knowledge of one’s strength and capacity, of one’s passion."
— Nicole Krauss
microcosm [mahy-kruh-koz-uh m]
noun
1. a little world;
2. human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.