“ In Sarajevo in 1992, while being shown around the starved, bombarded city by the incomparable John Burns, I experienced four near misses in all, three of them in the course of one day. I certainly tho… Christopher Hitchens
“ Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had r… Christopher Hitchens
“ One of the questions asked by al-Balkhi, and often repeated to this day, is this: Why do the children of Israel continue to suffer? My grandmother Dodo thought it was because the were jealous. The se… Christopher Hitchens
“ As Luxenberg's work has only recently been published we must await its scholarly assessment before we can pass any judgements. But if his analysis is correct then suicide bombers, or rather prospectiv… Ibn Warraq
“ The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic circles, if not beyond. Christians under the Roman Empire were neither… Teresa Morgan
“ Is not the true respect and worship of God the exercising of our power in such a way that we are also respected? Shannon L. Alder
“ In a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs, high ideals--only people living in rich countries can enjoy such luxurie… Orhan Pamuk
“ How like God's love yours has been to me- so wise, so generous, and so unsparing!" exclaimed Pancratius. "Promise me one thing more- that is, that you will stay near to me to the end, and carry my las… Nicholas Wiseman
“ Without love everything can be nothing. Does that make me want to love? No. For me, Ignorance is still better than martyrdom. Ira N. Barin
“ [I]n the years that followed the persecutions, Christianity came to see itself, with great pride, as a persecuted Church. Its greatest heroes were not those who did good deeds but those who died in th… Catherine Nixey
“ 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
“ I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion--I have shuddered at it,I shudder no more.I could be martyred for my religion.Love is my religionand I could die for that.I could di… John Keats
“ With no doubt Al Hussain was one of the greatest rebels, for correcting the path of rulers who deviated from the right path. He, by his stance honorably acquired martyrdom martyrdom that free people w… Leo Tolstoy
“ But I’m not such a good judge of monsters; I don’t know if the idea of a good death repels me now because it’s in itself repellent, or because I no longer have the courage to seek such a thing. Tim Winton
“ Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten. Ursula K. Le Guin
“ The classic Aryan who idolized himself and who existed in his own dreams could not bear to see the Jew, the evidence of divine reality,and he would kill him. André Frossard
“ The noble heart will find no shortage of places to offer itself in martyrdom, but you cannot die on every battlefield.”~ Duncan Sinclair, from The Outcast Highlander R.L. Syme
“ I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body. Evelyn Waugh
