More from Leonard Cohen
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Coroner’s inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn’t been to the seashore in ten years.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Your body will never be familiar.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen It is in love that we are made, in love we disappear.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’m just waiting for the miracle to come.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen You go your way I’ll go your way too.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Dream after dream we all lie in each other’s arms.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Games are nature’s most beautiful creation.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen
Original quotes
From our community writers
I’ve grown tired of playing the warrior In the battle between me And my demons.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown No matter how many storms pass through it, this heart is still a gentle thing.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura If you want to start something great, you need commitment. But if you want to finish that something great, you need consistency.
Alison ButcherAlison Butcher Abundance is my birthright it starts with harvesting my inner light.
Shannon Van AlstShannon Van Alst I believed in the magic we made, but you were the magician and i was merely your puppet on stage.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia Eternity is vague. Let me fill in the blanks with you.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt Action is the key that solves all your problems.
Abel StarcAbel Starc His promises looked so promising that she just ignored the blatant truths.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey
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More on freedom
Free will exist only in a confused mind.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland Who could ever think that not believing in myself was freedom.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland I’m the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.
Paloma FaithPaloma Faith To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson Kids should speak to each other. They’re horrid to each other online, they bully each other – they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It’s too much, too young.
Cara DelevingneCara Delevingne Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated. They may be perplexed, but they will never be lost.
Robert KennedyRobert Kennedy I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson