Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.
Leonard CohenMay you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.
Leonard CohenIn Montreal spring is like an autopsy. Everyone wants to see the inside of the frozen mammoth. Girls rip off their sleeves and the flesh is sweet and white, like wood under green bark. From the streets a sexual manifesto rises like an inflating tire, โthe winter has not killed us again!
Leonard Cohen