martyrdom

martyr

is proof of the intensity, never the correctness, of a belief.

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never the correctness, of a belief.

is to at once die for an idea that will live and to refuse to live for an idea that will die.

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die Steven Biko

is a variety of stubborness. Allowing oneself to be burned for one's opinion is to display a certain impertinence.

There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion. Anatole France

is weak --- To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely. Jorge Luis Borges

is based on rather shaky reckoning, for to die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture. Anatole France

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

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

is being ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to you.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.

is oftne a ruse. Anyone who says light-heartedly that he would be ready to die for something can't be very sensitive or very honest with himself.

Anyone who says light-heartedly that he would be ready to die for something can't be very sensitive or very honest with himself.