#martyrdom

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#satyagraha #torture

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 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

My birth is imminent. Forgive me, brethren. Do not prevent me from coming to life. – As he faced the prospect of being devoured by wild beasts for his faith ↗

— St. Ignatius

#new-birth #faith

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins. ↗

— Mark Twain

#martyrdom #multitude #sins

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#brave #death #die #enough #let us

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#ability #become #man #martyrdom #only

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#become #famous #man #martyrdom #only

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

— Voltaire

#fond #i #i am #martyrdom #truth