Quotes from Alan Cohen

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Money is your friend. Your body is your friend. Life is your friend.

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

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

You are doing better than you think you are.

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

People who pressure you usually deserve a "no". People who are patient with you usually deserve a "yes".

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.

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.

Inner peace: Don't leave home without it.

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

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

God is a frequency. Stay tuned.

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

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

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

What your heart desires is not too good to be true. It is good enough to be true.