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Leonard Cohen Quotes: I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival.
         

I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival.


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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.



We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.



I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.



I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.

I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.



I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.



We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.

We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.



May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.

May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.



We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.

We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.



You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep

You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep



Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore





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As a younger person you can come in through many, many gateways. It's like some huge Mandela. You can enter into this and get refreshed.

As a younger person you can come in through many, many gateways. It's like some huge Mandela. You can enter into this and get refreshed.



As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.



A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.



I worry about financial security, and the older I get the more I worry about it.

I worry about financial security, and the older I get the more I worry about it.



Even the darkest of villans-can have a hero's heart.

Even the darkest of villans-can have a hero's heart.



Sculpture is not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone; it is the cutting of the effect of it. Very often the true form, in the marble, would not be in the least like itself.

Sculpture is not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone; it is the cutting of the effect of it. Very often the true form, in the marble, would not be in the least like itself.



I'm not someone who doesn't want to see the films, but I like to see them as an end product when the whole nuance of the character is put together.

I'm not someone who doesn't want to see the films, but I like to see them as an end product when the whole nuance of the character is put together.



It's getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I've drowned and be celebrating.

It's getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I've drowned and be celebrating.



In Dance and Music, Silence swims to reach our soul.

In Dance and Music, Silence swims to reach our soul.



One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.

One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.




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