#martyr

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#makes #martyr #punishment

They say martyrdom is the highest rank a believer can achieve! Do not believe in this! The highest rank is the life itself, it is the existence itself! There is no rank in death, but only nothingness! Rank exists only in life! Stick to the life, stay away from death! Neither kill nor die! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#death

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#fear #i #i wish #martyr #wish

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. ↗

— Tertullian

#church #martyrs #seed

Being a martyr is highly overrated. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#dragons

sometime hate is just confused love! ↗

— Omar Tyree

#flyy-girl #girl #love #omartyree #love

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion-- I have shuddered at it, I shudder no more. I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you. My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet. ↗

— John Keats

#martyrdom #self-sacrifice #love

The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#suicide #different

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for. ↗

— Albert Camus

#pacifism #principles #war #die

She was intensely sympathetic. She was immensely charming. She was utterly unselfish. She excelled in the difficult arts of family life. She sacrificed daily. If there was a chicken, she took the leg; if there was a draught she sat in it … Above all, she was pure. She bothered me and wasted my time and so tormented me that at last I killed her. ↗

— Virginia Woolfe

#martyr-syndrome #art