Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know.
Leonard CohenFrom bitter searching of the heart, quickened with passion and with pain we rise to play a greater part this is the faith from which we start.
Leonard CohenLet judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
Leonard Cohen