This particular school of Zen has always considered itself the Marines of the spiritual world, so it has a kind of bias against conceptual thinking in favor of a very rigorous physical life. Leonard Cohen More Quotes by Leonard Cohen More Quotes From Leonard Cohen Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. Leonard Cohen motivationalinspirationallife Follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind. Leonard Cohen chaoswisemen The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show. Leonard Cohen showsrunning Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!! Leonard Cohen wiredrunkbird I don't think there's any difference between a crush and profound love. I think the experience is that you dissolve your sentries and your battalions for a moment and you really do see that there is this unfixed free-flowing energy of emotion and thought between people, that it really is there. Leonard Cohen crushdifferencesthinking Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not just like I have a hangover in the weekend ... the girl didn't show up or something like that. It isn't that. It's not really depression, it's a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you're gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit. Leonard Cohen hangovergirlheart I see people allowing their lives to diminish, to become shallow, so they can't enjoy the deep wells of experience. Maybe it's always been this way, when the heart tends to shut down. If only the heart shut down and there were no repercussions, it would be O.K., but when the heart shuts down, the whole system goes into a kind of despair that is intolerable. Leonard Cohen despairheartpeople Do not be a magician - be magic! Leonard Cohen ethicsmoralmagic You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep Leonard Cohen realsonglife I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival. Leonard Cohen survivalstoriesfall Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty . Leonard Cohen tiredforeverlooks 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. Leonard Cohen daughterdogmother My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico Garcia Lorca. Leonard Cohen yeatsherotwo I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. Leonard Cohen strategyanxietyspeak You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece. Leonard Cohen slipsmasterpieceemotional When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. Leonard Cohen thinking-about-youabout-yourselfcertain Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life. Leonard Cohen guardingusedheart I loved you for a long, long time Leonard Cohen reallovebelieve At the very center of our culture is a crucified man, a tortured man hanging on a cross of wood. You have an image of violence at the very center of our spiritual investigation. Leonard Cohen spiritualmenculture Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Leonard Cohen olive-branchesburningpoetry
