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.

Quote by Leonard Cohen

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The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has...

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has...

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is...

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is...

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

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

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

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of...

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of...

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the...

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the...

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence...

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence...

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a...

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a...

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

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

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is...

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is...

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting...

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting...

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often....

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often....

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is...

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is...