Alan Cohen Quotes - Page 4

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

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

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

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

You do not need to import greatness from another; you just need to act on your own.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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