“I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts”

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts" by Leonard Cohen?

Leonard Cohen169

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016

Related quotes

“Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.”

Thiruvalluvar book Tirukkuṛaḷ

Verse XCIII.9
Tirukkural

“Alltami (n.)

The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.”

Douglas Adams book The Meaning of Liff

Source: The Deeper Meaning of Liff

“I have spoke with the tongue of Angels,I have held the hand of The Devil.It was warm in the night,I was cold as a stone”

Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2

"I still have'nt found what I'm looking for"
Lyrics, The Joshua Tree (1987)
Context: I have spoke with the tongue of Angels, I have held the hand of The Devil. It was warm in the night, I was cold as a stone

“I was becoming the cold, emotionally crippled monster I always wanted to be, and I wasn’t so sure I liked it. But it was too late. The metamorphosis was already well under way.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

Source: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

“In point of fact there are two kinds sorts of mysticism, differing from one another as the ranting of drunkards from the language of illumined spirits.”

Constantin Brunner (1862–1937) German philosopher

Our Christ : The Revolt of the Mystical Genius (1921)
Context: In point of fact there are two kinds sorts of mysticism, differing from one another as the ranting of drunkards from the language of illumined spirits. There is the muddled, stammering mysticism, and there is the mysticism luminous with truly ultimate ideas. On the one hand there are the empty dimness and darkness, the barren, chilling sentimentalism and mental debauchery, the foolishly grimacing but rigid phantasms of the Cabbala, of occultism, mysteriosophy and theosophy. We cannot draw too sharp a dividing line between these and the brightness, the simple sincerity, and healthy, rejuvenating strength of genuine mysticism, which takes the most precious gems from philosophy's treasure chest and displays them in the beauty of its own setting. Mysticism is in complete accord with the result, with the sum of philosophy. In fact, mysticism is precisely the sum and the soul of philosophy, in the form of that rapturous, passionate outpouring of love.... We are concerned with an understanding of this serious mysticism, and its meaning could be stated in three words... godlessness... freedom from the world... blessedness of soul.