Alan cohen quotes

Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.

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

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

So money is not the answer to problems; wealth mentality is.

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.

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

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.

To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek.

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

Great masters merit emulation, not worship.

If you gave your inner genius as much credence as your inner critic, you would be light years ahead of where you now stand.

Your brilliance comes from your spirit. To deny it is arrogance. To accept it is humility.

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

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.

If you desire to know where your spiritual work lies, look to your emotional pain.

We believe we are hurt when we don't receive love. But that is not what hurts us. Our pain comes when we do not give love. We were born to love. You might say that we are divinely created love machines. We function most powerfully when we are giving love. The world has led us to believe that our wellbeing is dependent on other people loving us. But this is kind of upside down thinking that has caused so many of our problems. The truth is our well being is dependent on our giving love. It is not about what comes back; it is about what goes out!

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

Acts that proceed from your calm center are always more effective than acts that proceed from fear, guilt, or anger.

The universe always gives you more of what you are focusing on.

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

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

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

The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out.

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

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

The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest reward.

True progress comes not through action, but through awakening.

People who do not need to please are irresistible because they radiate wholeness, a rare delicacy in a world of hungry hearts.

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.

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.

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

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

For everyone you create to be dependent on you, you are equally dependent on them. Neither relationship is healthy.

Our history is not our destiny.

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.

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

Live your spirit's dreams, not your mind's.

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

Be clear on where you are and where you want to go and you will get there. It can be the best year of your life.

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

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.

Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.

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

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

No matter what has happened, let today be new.

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.

Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are.

When faced with demanding situations, can you keep your heart as light as a feather? Can you laugh your way through challenges and maintain an attitude freer than fear? When confronted with upsets and the poisonous projections of others, can you remember that all is well? Do you know that you are a spiritual being, not subject to the whims and caprices of earthly tides?

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

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

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

Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.

No one can bother you unless you agree with them.

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

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

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

Inner peace: Don't leave home without it.

Be kind to everyone, and don't leave yourself out of the equation.

Life's gift to you is your unique vantage point. Your gift to life is expressing from it.

Don't try to lose weight. Take delight in gaining fitness.

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.

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.

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

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

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

When your sense of worth exceeds your conditions, conditions will shift to match your vision.

Abundance is not a situation- it is an attitude.

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

You change the past when you change the way you see it.

Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them.

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

Love is heaven and fear is hell. Where you place your attention is where you live.

The first step to boosting your income is to identify where your passion lives and to be true to it.

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. 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.

Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf.

The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles.

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

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

You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own.

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

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

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

Only those who ask for more can get more and only those who know there is more, ask.

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

It is not insult from another that causes you pain. It is the part of your mind that agrees with the insult. Agree only with the truth about you, and you are free.

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

A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool.

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

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

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

Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

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

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.

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.

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.

When you protect yourself from pain, be sure you do not protect yourself from love.

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.

Your life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be enjoyed. You are doing better than you think.

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

View the past as your enemy, and it will be an albatross. View it as your friend, and it will give you wings.

Appreciation empowers not just money transactions, but all interactions. Gratitude is one of the greatest meditations of a lifetime, the fastest attitude uplifter I know. Be grateful for all the good in your life and your good will only increase, along with your happiness.

We have all been hypnotized into thinking that we are smaller than we are. Just as an undersized flowerpot keeps a mighty tree root-bound or a little fishbowl keeps goldfish tiny, we have adapted, adjusted, and accommodated to a Lilliputian life. But place the same tree in an open field or the fish in a lake, and they will grow to hundreds of times their size. Unlike the tree or goldfish, you are not dependent on someone else to move you. You have the power to move yourself. You can step into a broader domain and grow to your full potential.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

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

Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch.

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

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but of unlearning old limits.

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

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Success in business depends more on relationships than spreadsheets.

The people who are successful are those who are grateful for everything they have. Giving thanks for what we have always opens the door for more to come, and ungratefulness always closes the door.

While there seem to be many things to manage in the world, the most important thing to manage is your consciousness.

God is a frequency. Stay tuned.

To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

Your thoughts do not create reality, but they do create your experience.

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

Upgrade your past by seeing it with appreciation.

The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth.

Trust who and what you are, and the universe will support you in miraculous ways.

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

The people who are successful are those who are grateful for everything they have.

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.