Quote by Leonard Cohen
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be mor

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. – Leonard Cohen

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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. – Leonard Cohen

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I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. – Leonard Cohen

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I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic. – Vera Farmiga

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While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear? – Julia Ward Howe

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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. – H. L. Mencken

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I dont have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it. – Robin Gibb

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