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

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. – Leonard Cohen

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Dreams
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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

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Hurt, Injury
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To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nations sweetest dreams of itself. – Leonard Cohen

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Dreams
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Other Quotes from
Faith
category

Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job thats paying you a fortune but its not whats in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have. – John Tesh

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Faith

I do respect peoples faith, but I dont respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control. – Javier Bardem

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Faith

God always takes the simplest way. – Albert Einstein

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Faith

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. – Thomas Aquinas

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Faith

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Peace in the head, peace in the stomach. – Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Peace

Wendy Malick and Valerie Bertinelli make fun of me, but I take care of my health – I dont abuse it. – Betty White

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Health

Its nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time. – Colette

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Ugliness/Ugly

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. – Hugh Blair

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strength