Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. Jawaharlal Nehru
If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it's your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life. Charles Bukowski
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes. Marcus Valerius Martial
Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes. Chinese Proverb