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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

Other quotes by Leonard Cohen

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. Its for others its for others to use. – Leonard Cohen

Category:
Poetry
Author
Leonard Cohen
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The ages of seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder. – Leonard Cohen

Category:
Reflection
Author
Leonard Cohen
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Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. – Leonard Cohen

Category:
Hurt, Injury
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Leonard Cohen
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Other Quotes from
Faith
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Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. – Rupert Sheldrake

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Faith

The investigator should have a robust faith – and yet not believe. – Claude Bernard

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Faith

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. – Khalil Gibran

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Faith

Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants. – Charles Henry Parkhurst

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Faith

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A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Fear

Im looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long. – Angela Sarafyan

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Poetry

True character arises from a deeper well than religion. – E. O. Wilson

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