576 Quotes by Leonard Cohen

As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill So my body leaves no scar On you and never will.

Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah.

Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it’s after the age of 70 you realize – you begin to actually be convinced – you’re growing older.

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation’s sweetest dreams of itself.

Forget the perfect offering. Everything is flawed. It’s the cracks that let the Light in...

I don’t really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I’d like to come back as my daughter’s dog.

You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god .

Now, I don’t want to give you the impression that I’m a great musicologist, but I’m a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five.

I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me. When hatred with it’s package comes, you forbid delivery.