Felicity Quote by Thomas Browne

There are daily martyrdoms occurring of more or less self-abnegation, and of which the world knows nothing.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.

— Leonardo da Vinci

For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.

— Leo Rosten

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be…

— Alexandre Dumas

“No one has to be a martyr. On the contrary, everyone should be entirely selfish; not selfish in the normal sense of the word…

— Donna Goddard

In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace.

— Kenneth Branagh

“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

“Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion.”

— Dan Brown

The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.

— Sarada Devi

“To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom... p 364”

— Melanie Benjamin

...the greatest source of misery in the world, the greatest cause of anguish and hatred and sadness and death, was neither disease nor race…

— Shalom Auslander