Alan Cohen Quotes
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101. “If you know something is true, you don’t need to convince anyone of it. If you are trying to convince anyone, it is probably yourself.”

— Alan Cohen

102. “The more you recognize the immense good within you, the more you magnetize immense good around you.”

— Alan Cohen

103. “Don’t try to lose weight. Take delight in gaining fitness.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

107. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

108. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

109. “Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

111. “The point of life is not to be married or single – it is to be. We are human beings, or humans being. It does not matter so much what lifestyle we choose – it’s what we make of the opportunities to grow, that counts.”

— Alan Cohen

112. “No matter what has happened, let today be new.”

— Alan Cohen

113. “Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn’t.”

— Alan Cohen

114. “Do not resist events that move you out of your comfort zone, especially when your comfort zone was not all that comfortable.”

— Alan Cohen

115. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

118. “Spirit Math: The quality of your life equals the ratio of appreciation to complaint.”

— Alan Cohen

119. “I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.”

— Alan Cohen

120. “The ego tells you to fill space. Your spirit tells you to let space fill you.”

— Alan Cohen

121. “Live your spirit’s dreams, not your mind’s.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

123. “An authentic life does not require anyone else’s approval for your creative choices.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

125. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

127. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

128. “To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

130. “You are not a black hole that needs to be filled; you are a light that needs to be shined.”

— Alan Cohen

131. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

135. “Don’t use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future.”

— Alan Cohen

136. “You won’t be happy anywhere until you’re happy somewhere.”

— Alan Cohen

137. “Preparing to live your dream is postponing it. You are either living it, or not.”

— Alan Cohen

138. “Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You’re never given a challenge beyond your ability to meet and master. You’ll rise above every circumstance because you’re greater than any circumstance.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

142. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

145. “The love affair you seek is with yourself.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen

147. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

148. “How would I be doing this differently if I were WILLING to let it be easy?”

— Alan Cohen

149. “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.”

— Alan Cohen

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

— Alan Cohen