Why would the apostles lie?…Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Martyrdom, which looked so splendid when consummated selon les regles on Tower Hill or Tyburn, before pitying, or (still better) scoffing multitudes,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it… — Patrick Pearse Copy Share Image
“The anarch sticks to facts, not ideas. He suffers not for facts but because of them, and usually through his own fault,… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
What were you thinking?" I demanded once we were moving to the music. I was trying to ignore his hands. "Do you… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
Their example testifies that Baptism commits Christians to participating courageously in the spreading of the Kingdom of God, if need be cooperating… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The myth of Christian martyrdom and persecution needs to be corrected, because it has left us with a dangerous legacy that poisons… — Candida Moss Copy Share Image
“Inciting Justice by Stewart Stafford They stretched his neck out, On the noose of his ancestors, Bloodied and tattered, he died, No… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no… — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
It is not to taste sweet things; but to do noble and true things, and vindicate himself under God's heaven as a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Persecution produced its ordinary effect. The people courted martyrdom. They came from all parts to deride Zouloulou, whom nothing disconcerted - and… — William Beckford Copy Share Image
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
The terrorists provide an outlet where with just one action, a raped woman can go from being a source of dishonour to… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
“He was an odd mixture of naivety and snobbery, a poseur who was not entirely insincere, a dandy in khaddar, a patriot… — Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Copy Share Image
Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your… — Ahmed Yassin Copy Share Image
What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my Heaven and my Garden. If I travel they… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
The older I got, the more apparent it became that my mother was losing control over me. She fought back fiercely with… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
It is not suicide; it is martyrdom in the name of God. I consider this type of martyrdom operation as an indication… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
The severest prosecutions have never been followed by revelations changing a divine law, obedience to which brought imprisonment or martyrdom. Though I… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
I've come to believe that God, in His wisdom, allows martyrdom in every generation in part because, without them, the reality of… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive... Taking this decision is more deadly than… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
“Fanaticism is the death of conversation. We do not gossip with a candidate for martyrdom. What are we to say to someone… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“for when had the true faith been other than persecuted and trampled under foot? If one came to think of it with… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
![“What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my Heaven and my Garden. If I travel they are with me, and they never leave me. Imprisonment for me is a religious retreat [khalwa]. To be slain for me is martyrdom [shahada] And to be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey [siyaha].” quote by Ibn Taymiyyah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/ibn-taymiyyah-12823_breasts_what-can-my-enemies-do-to-me-i-have-in-m_1058986.jpg)
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