The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.
Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.
Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
A martyr can never cooperate with death, go to death in a way that they're not trying to escape.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
I know the word 'sacrifice.'
Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.