The martyr was a figure who transformed defeat into victory ... - Jacques Le Goff

"The martyr was a figure who transformed defeat into victory through spiritual power and moral witness."

Jacques Le Goff Courage

Historian French 1924–2014

More from Jacques Le Goff

"The Middle Ages was not a dark age, but an age of light transformed into different forms."

"Time is a social construction, not a natural phenomenon."

"Memory is the treasure and the steward of all things."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."