Quote by John Foxe

“This recurred to his mind unceasingly. To this celestial kindness he opposed pride, which is the fortress of evil within us. He was indistinctly…

— Victor Hugo

“persuading himself that he was a most conscientious and glorious martyr, [he] nobly resolved to do what, if he had examined his own heart…

— Charles Dickens

“There is no salvation for him who thus suffereth from himself, unless it be speedy death.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“It is a human characteristic, which has been richly exploited in every era, that while hope of survival is still alive in a man,…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Suddenly he realised that he had lost also that burden of responsibility which made every action of his life a matter of urgent consequence.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Our Lord did not come to this planet, live a perfect life, and become a worthy atonement for the sins of the world so…

— Jim Berg

“Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.”

— Robertson Davies

“He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsible only to himself for the things he did. Freedom! He was his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Just think what will be his joy when he, too, is destroyed in his worser part that his better part may have spiritual immortality.”

— Bram Stoker

“But soon a better nature seems to come over him, and gentler words fall from his lips. He preaches patience to himself – he…

— James Malcolm Rymer

“He burned to appease the fierce longing of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien. He cared little that he was…

— James Joyce

“A martyr is, he who has become the instrument of God, who has lost his will in the will of God, not lost it…

— Anonymous