Alan Cohen Quotations | Page 2

When we make the choice to care, we set into motion a snowball effect that touches many people, most of whom we will never know about . . . never underestimate the importance of a kind act.

The best way to get what you want is to realize you already have it.

You own what you own not by money or force, but by your love for it and your inner connection to it.

The feeling, "this can't be it", is a very powerful form of prayer. It's the agony of the separated self longing for reunion with wholeness. It's the call of your soul urging you to return to your own path and purpose. It's the force of evolution driving you home. Do not try to deny or override your divine discontent. Heed its call. Knowing "this can't be it" implies that somewhere inside you, you DO know what IS it.

Anger is a call for awareness.

All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome.

Happiness has little to do with what is going on around you, and a lot to do with what is going on inside you.

You do not need to import greatness from another; you just need to act on your own.

The words "genius" and "genuine" derive from the same root. The core of genius is authenticity.

The apparent goal of the journey is simply the carrot the universe dangles before you to get you to learn the lessons the adventure yields.

The more you live by external shoulds, the farther you drift from the power inherent in your own spirit.

The only real knowledge is who you really are - a spiritual being created in the image in the likeness of a loving God. If you know that, everything you do will honor the wisdom and beauty you already own.

You won't be happy anywhere until you're happy somewhere.

You cannot instill joy. You can only find where it lives and bring it forth.

Why wait for your ship to come in when you are already on it?

If you want peace, look for it where it is, not in conflict.

Spirit is a more accurate measure of success than the ruler.

Success in business depends more on relationships than spreadsheets.

If one person is happier because you have lived, it is all worth it. And if you are that person, God is well pleased.

To seek greatness outside yourself is turn your back on the treasure within.

One moment of true forgiveness can erase years of guilt, pain, or fear.

Don't talk yourself out of following your heart. Talk yourself into it.

To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

When you invest your time and energy in stuff that drags you down, you die a little bit every day.

Eternity does not start after you die; it begins when you really live.

True champions are team players.

We learn early on that, in order to be a winner, you have to believe in yourself. You have to have the confidence to make things happen. And you have to have personal pride.

When you want what you want more than you fear what you want, you will have it.

The purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind, which always knows your wholeness and your deservingness. The purpose of prayer is to change your mind so you can see through the eyes of God.

Laughter lifts us over high ridges and lights up dark valleys in a way that makes life so much easier. It is a priceless gem, a gift of release and healing direct from Heaven.

To be a miracle worker you do not have to get a doctoral degree, become a minister, eat a particular food, or be able to meditate for long hours. All you need to do is to begin to see beauty in your life and those around you.

One of the best ways to realize that age is an illusion is to have your body get older and realize that you are who you always have been.

The more you have to talk yourself into it, the more it’s not ‘it’.

Stay aligned with your intentions and your good will find you.

The more you let go, the faster you will move ahead.

Kindness to self will put you in the perfect attitude and position to be kind to others.

Teach yourself freedom with the same zeal that the world has taught you limits.

A possibility thinker notices a problem just long enough to get excited about the solution.

Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.

When you are secure in who you are, you set the trend for your own life, and do not look to others to tell you how to live. When you know that every truth you seek is available within you, you will not place someone else's idea of how you should live, above your own.

Build your world around your dreams rather than trying to fit your dreams into the world you know.

A happy ending is always possible if you are willing to keep the story moving to get there.

Revisit your past only to recognize how far you have come.

If you are losing your peace in your quest for peace, you are not on the road to peace. The road to peace is peace.

It's always something.” The spirit says, “It's never anything.

All of your errors have not built a wall against your success. They have paved your way to it.

Your greatest contribution to helping other people live their destiny is for you to live your own.

Forget what you've been taught so you can remember what you know.

Every experience empowers you twice: First when you enter into it with a whole heart, and again when you leave it with a whole heart.

If you act anxiously to hasten your results, you delay their arrival. Calm poise reveals the shortest route home.

The word courage comes from the French word 'coeur', which means heart. True power proceeds not from force, but from love.

I tend to write songs fast, so the process usually only lasts around 30 minutes. In the studio is where I really can artistically breathe, and let my ideas flow.

We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.

After you have made your commitment to say no to what no longer serves you, you will probably be invited to demonstrate that you really mean it.

You can be helping many people, but if you are not helping yourself, you have missed the one person you were born to heal.

You empower what you fight.You withdraw power from what you release.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

Joy is the wild card of life; it supersedes every other formula for success. If you can find a way to create joy, you can rise beyond all external factors. If you can play at whatever you are doing, you are the master of your life.

Whatever you think and talk about paves the runway for what you will create.

You don’t need to get anyone else to agree with your truth. You just need to live it.

The difficulties of life do not keep you from greatness. They show you to its door.

When confronted with a situation that appears fragmented or impossible, step back, close your eyes, and envision perfection where you saw brokenness. Go to the inner place where there is no problem, and abide in the consciousness of well-being.

The more you invest in your happiness, the more happiness will invest in you.

To change your mind under the direction of the wisdom of the heart is a brush stroke on the masterpiece you are delivering to the world.

How would I be doing this differently if I were WILLING to let it be easy?

An authentic life does not require anyone else's approval for your creative choices.

You believe that a lover will bring you love, but it is your love that will bring you a lover.

Money is your friend. Your body is your friend. Life is your friend.

You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

Those who do not forgive history are assigned to repeat it until compassion replaces judgment.

Great masters merit emulation, not worship.

The door you open to give love is the very one through which love arrives.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

No one can bother you unless you agree with them.

As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.

The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

Life is about movement, expansion, growth, and actualizing potential. If you stay in a home, relationship, or job beyond the time it is healthy for you, the universe will prod you with thorns as if to say, “It’s time to move to a broader domain.” If you do not heed the message, the thorns will get sharper and at some point you will have no choice but to fly. When you do, you will understand why a once comfortable situation became uncomfortable.

Gratitude incorporates both the heart and mind, and instantly paves the shortest road to happiness.

I claim my heart's desire, and I choose my direction. I will attain my chosen goal.

Abundance is not a number or acquisition. It is the simple recognition of enoughness.

Dance on the edge of mystery.

Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.

Truly creative people care a little about what they have done, and a lot about what they are doing. Their driving focus is the life force that surges in them now.

Every choice before you represents the universe inviting you to remember who you are and what you want.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows.

The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

The ego tells you to fill space. Your spirit tells you to let space fill you.

Successful people pay more attention to their visions and goals than to history and the opinions of others.

Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you.

Communication is an offering. When you tell someone your truth, you must release your expectation of what the other person should do with it. They may thank you profusely, love you forever, argue with you, or ignore you. It doesn't matter. Of course we hope the gift will be received with appreciation and thanks. But if it isn't we must not dictate. We've done our part, and we must trust the universe to do the rest.

What you go through is nothing compared to who you are.

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

Don't use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future.

If you have good wealth mentality.... you will generate wealth wherever you go. Even if you lose money temporarily, your wealth mentality will attract it again. If you have a lack mentality, no matter how much you receive or what financial opportunities come your way, wealth will evade you or, if it comes, it won't last.