Cohen

Famous quotes containing the word cohen:

    History is a needle
    for putting men asleep
    anointed with the poison
    Of all they want to keep.
    —Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)

    Those who first introduced compulsory education into American life knew exactly why children should go to school and learn to read: to save their souls.... Consistent with this goal, the first book written and printed for children in America was titled Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes in either England, drawn from the Breasts of both Testaments for their Souls’ Nourishment.
    —Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)

    The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.
    —Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)