Alan Cohen Quotes

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

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us.

Great masters neither want nor need your worship.

Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

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

The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence.

Our history is not our destiny.

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

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

You give your power away when you make someone or something outside of you more important than what is inside of you.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

You always have energy to do what you are passionate about.

Focus on the highest, clearest, and most meaningful teaching you can find, and let all else go.

The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation.

But the light would have you soar like the eagle of your sacred visions.

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

If you act anxiously to hasten your results, you delay their arrival.

Calm poise reveals the shortest route home.

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

Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.

The spirit of love arranges all meetings in divine order for the highest good of all concerned.

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

The world you see is less of an indication about the world and more of an indication about your seeing.

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.

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

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want;

it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

True progress comes not through action, but through awakening.

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

The love affair you seek is with yourself.

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

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

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.

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.

Less rules, more intuition.

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

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

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought.

But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

Today I set my mind and heart on a new path.

I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities.

To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.

Everything that you need to succeed has been given to you.

Keeping your commitment to your purpose does not depend on other people keeping theirs.

In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well.

You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

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

Do what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.