Alan Cohen Quotes

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

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

If you have to have it, it's ego. If you have to not have it, it's ego. Hold life lightly and it will deliver what you need and release what you don't.

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

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

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

You need not wrestle for your good. Your good flows to you most easily when you are relaxed, open, and trusting.

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

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

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

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.

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

There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Our history is not our destiny.

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

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

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

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

No one can bother you unless you agree with them.

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

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

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

Be a creator, not a reactor.

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

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

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

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

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

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?