Quote by Robertson Davies Download Open image ““Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.”” — Robertson Davies ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A true martyr is not an opportunist who dies to get a reward of eternal life. A true martyr is a humanist who dies… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Martyrdom is something a Christian resigns himself to, not an end he seeks out.” — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“[...]not even dying a martyr's death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross.” — David Platt Copy Share Image
“We must all make the mental leap from the pious histories we have read in the martyrologies to the reality of living flesh and… — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The martyr is the exact opposite of the pagan hero personified in the Greek and Germanic heroes … For the pagan hero, a man’s… — Alain de Benoist Copy Share Image
“The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“A dead martyr can be manipulated by his heirs; a living one is apt to drag his colleagues to the extremes dictated by the… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“We live together,we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“A martyr is someone willing to die for what he believes in. A fanatic is someone willing for you to die for what he… — Marsha Hinds Copy Share Image
“There is no error more common than that of thinking that those who are the causes or occasions of great tragedies share in the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you're going to do something that looks evil, don't smear it with icing and pretend it's good; just bloody well do it and… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to speak I… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I don't suppose God laughs at the people who think He doesn't exist. He's above jokes. But the devil isn't. That's one of his… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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