Famous quotes containing the words ascetic and/or died:
“The ascetic makes a necessity out of virtue.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.”
—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (b. 1926)