Leonard Cohen

“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

“At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting act...”

“Torah values are the ones that inform my life.”

“This is the most challenging activity that humans get into, which is love. You know, where we have the sense that we can't live without love. That life has very little meaning without love.”

“This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.'”

“When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.”