Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?

'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?

I think the most uncomfortable thing about martyrs is that they look down on people who aren't.

I think the most uncomfortable thing about martyrs is that they look down on people who aren't.

A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.

A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.

Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.

Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.