The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.

Quote by Leonard Cohen

Topics: Catastrophe Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly...

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

I want you to believe-I do believe-that you did everything in your power to prevent...

I want you to believe-I do believe-that you did everything in your power to prevent...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.