Peace Quote by Franz Kafka

The man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife…

— Franz Kafka

“The man in ecstasy and the man drowning—both throw up their arms.”

— Franz Kafka

The man in ecstasy and the man drowning: both raise their arms.

— Franz Kafka

“Ecstasy is orchestrating the body, into a beautiful song, that sings the praises of the heart and soul.”

— Jaeda DeWalt

The elements were "seeking" each other in rage and confusion, and in the fury of the conflict boastful man was utterly humiliated, sucked down,…

— Elizabeth Goudge

The arms of a man and The tears of a woman can do every task of the world...

— Vinesh

“As our bodies mesh as one, I know that this is the heaven I want to fight for: the one in my arms.”

— Amy A. Bartol

“The year began with the hanging of one man and ended with the drowning of another.”

— Ursula Dubosarsky

“When a man walks into a room and you shake hands with him, you do not feel that you are shaking hands with him.…

— Paul Auster

For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes…

— Herman Melville

The body is like a sentence that invites us to rearrange it, so that its real meaning becomes clear through a series of endless…

— Hans Bellmer

When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.

— William Sloane Coffin