I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
Leonard CohenThe troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.
Leonard CohenSomething I wrote quite a few years ago was, "The voices in my head, they don't care what I do, they just want to argue the matter through and through." It is a common mistake, to think you're going to go into some kind of spiritual practice and you're going to be relieved of the human burdens, from human crosses like thought, jealousy, despair - in fact, if anything, these feelings are amplified.
Leonard Cohen