“[...]not even dying a martyr's death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross.”
“I fain would follow love, if that could be; I needs must follow death, who calls for me; Call and I follow, I follow! let me die.”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
“Some people believe that when you die, you cross the River of Death and have to pay the ferryman. People don’t seem to worry about that these days. Perhaps there’s a bridge now.”