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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

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Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession. And still we hear, If only this nation had a soul, or, Let us change the way we trade, or, Let us be proud of our region. – Leonard Cohen

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Pollution
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Leonard Cohen
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The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and its overturned the order of the soul… – Leonard Cohen

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Soul
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Leonard Cohen
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I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and hes written poetry then let the verdict be that hes a poet. – Leonard Cohen

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Poetry
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven. – Francis Beaumont

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A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray. – Havelock Ellis

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Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. – Mason Cooley

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Learning how to relive again on lifes terms sure doesnt do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step. – Joe Nichols

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