Alan Cohen Quotes

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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 cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking.

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

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

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

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

Keep memories of insult on a short leash, and memories of blessing on a long one.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

There is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.

You can only see in someone else what you see in yourself.

Life is a gift from God, an unlimited series of opportunities to find the good in ourselves and others. There is good in everything, if we are willing to see it.

Nothing in the outer world makes you feel any way. You decide what you want to feel, and then use outer people and events as permission slips to execute your feeling agenda.

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

Evaluate every act by whether it brings you greater life, or deadens you.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

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

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.

Waiting does not exist in the experience of those who recognize the presence of love wherever they are.

What a doctor or healer tells you is a reflection of the beliefs and expectations you hold. Change your beliefs and you change the prognosis. Who is the doctor? The mind of the patient.

You can always tell what you believe by what you are getting.

What your heart desires is not too good to be true. It is good enough to be true.

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.

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.

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

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

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

Dance on the edge of mystery.

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

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

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure in order to embrace the new & unknown.

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

The best way to be more like me is to be more like you.

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

Our history is not our destiny.

It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.

When you learn to say yes to yourself, you will be able to say no to others, with love.

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

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

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

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

Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming.

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

True progress comes not through action, but through awakening.

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.

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.

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