“If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.”
Joan of Arc“Even though the world hails Joan of Arc as some sort of hero, which she undoubtedly was, what pains me the most is that her pathological condition ultimately led to her demise at the age of only nineteen.”
Abhijit Naskar, Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost“She(Joan of Arc) put her dreams and her sentiment into her aims, where they ought to be; she put her practicality into her practice. In modern Imperial wars, the case is reversed. Our dreams, our aims are always, we insist, quite practical. It is our practice that is dreamy.”
G.K. Chesterton, All Things Considered“Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.”
Joan of Arc“Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.”
Joan of Arc“Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.”
Joan of Arc“I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.”
Joan of Arc“I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.”
Joan of Arc“If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.”
Joan of Arc“I am not afraid. ... I was born to do this.”
Joan of Arc“Act and God will act.”
Joan of Arc