Said Nursi Quotes

Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.

We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.

If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

The more people who die for our cause, the stronger we shall become.

Martyrs win by losing.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

I am writing to all the Churches and I enjoin all, that I am dying willingly for God's sake, if only you do not prevent it. I beg you, do not do me an untimely kindness. Allow me to be eaten by the beasts, which are my way of reaching to God. I am God's wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Christ.

For all have not the gift of martyrdom.

For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.

She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.

We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

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

Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution.

I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.

I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.