Quotes by Martyr The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. Ralph Waldo Emerson bystanders martyr torment There are more martyrs to nonsense than truth, truth preferring missionaries. Robert Breault martyr nonsense truth Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Robert Green Ingersoll martyr true-or-false sincerity It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. Saint Augustine martyr punishment causes A martyr is the one who bears witness that the Shari'ah of Allah is more valuable to him than his own life. Sayyid Qutb martyr valuable bears A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities. Shane Claiborne martyr problem said The reign of the tyrant ends with his death, and the reign of the martyr starts with it. Soren Kierkegaard martyr martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with. Susan Moody martyr sacrifice people I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I am a martyr, if you insist. Thom Yorke martyr musician sin The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr. Thomas Szasz evoke martyr victim The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot think any save the most ignoble criminals ever sat in a ducking-stool. Alice Morse Earle cannot think martyr victim I saw a martyr in the Wolf Man, who is the very moving essence of outsiderness, with which I identified fully. Guillermo del Toro wolf man martyr moving The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. Benjamin N. Cardozo eyes see martyr prophet The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. Emil Cioran well just monster martyr «123