Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr but let no one lust for martyrdom.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom to move on in one's inward journey into new realms than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr as it is to be rash in battle.

In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.

You should read history and look at ostracism persecution martyrdom and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men you know.