#marty

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

— George Bernard Shaw

#become #famous #man #martyrdom #only

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

#century #could #god #hearts #him

Marty Richards is an angel on Earth. A producer that does what he says he'll do. He helped me greatly. ↗

— Rip Taylor

#does #earth #greatly #helped #marty

For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#celibacy #christian #christian life #enjoyments #fasting

I could have been 23 next July I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost. ↗

— Hannah Senesh

#last-words #martyrs #poetry #life

Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first? ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#martyrdom #life

Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#martyrdom #anarchy

It's an insidious idea, this notion that there is life after death. The promise of a reward in the afterlife has been used as an excuse to deny help to the poor, helpless and oppressed; to explain away human misery rather than deal with it. It is an idea that is used to encourage young men and women to kill themselves, and others, so that they can become martyrs. It allows victims of injustice to be told not to worry because justice will be done in the afterlife. It depresses me to think that so many people on the planet live their lives with this notion. Can we truly fulfill our potential as a species as long as we hold on to, and encourage, the perpetuation of the lie of life after death? ↗

— Alom Shaha

#atheism #injustice #justice #life-after-death #martyrs

The faithful clamoured to be buried alongside the martyrs, as close as possible to the venerable remains, a custom which, in anthropological terms, recalls Neolithic beliefs that certain human remains possessed supernatural properties. It was believed that canonized saints did not rot, like lesser mortals, but that their corpses were miraculously preserved and emanated an odour of sanctity, a sweet, floral smell, for years after death. In forensic terms, such preservation is likely to be a result of natural mummification in hot, dry conditions. ↗

— Catharine Arnold

#death #martyrs #preservation #saints #sanctity