Quotes Tagged With :martyrdom

I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.

Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned....

A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

If we seek spiritual heroism ourselves, the old ego is just back in control under a new name. There would....

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.....

The noble heart will find no shortage of places to offer itself in martyrdom, but you cannot die on every....

I never wanted to be a martyr—even for love. I don’t want to die for love. I want to live for it.....

What is the return on investment of being wedded to your suffering? What do you receive from stewing....