Famous quotes containing the words ecstasy and/or state:
“Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love.”
—Georges Bataille (18971962)
“Navajo men and boys have an odd way of showing their friendship. When two young men meet at the trading post, a Sing, or a dance they greet each other, inquire about the health of their respective families, then stand silently some ten or fifteen minutes while one feels the others arms, shoulders, and chest.”
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)