The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.
Sometimes the most difficult decision is to not martyr yourself for someone, but instead to choose to live for them.
Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain.[Не принимает род людской пророков своих и избивает их, но любят люди мучеников своих и чтят тех, коих замучили.]
Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood – never![Les martyrs, cher ami, doivent choisir d’être oubliés, raillés ou utilisés. Quant à être compris, jamais.]
Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.[Die Märtyrer unterschätzen den Leib nicht, sie lassen ihn auf dem Kreuz erhöhn. Darin sind sie mit ihren Gegnern einig.]
It is truer to say that martyrs make faith than that faith makes martyrs.[Y es que los mártires hacen la fe más aún que la fe los mártires.]
