Quotes from Alan Cohen

Great masters merit emulation, not worship.

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

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us.

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

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

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

The only thing more important than your to-do list is your to-be list. The only thing more important than your to-be list is to be. ~

Your greatest contribution to helping other people live their destiny is for you to live your own.

All hatred of others is a reflection of self-hatred. All love of others is a reflection of self-love.

ACIM states that you will be appalled when you realize what you are truly here for (T-17.V.5:6). You thought you were here to get stuff, prove yourself, and find people to love you. Instead you are here get peace, be yourself, and find people to love. You thought you were here to fix the world. Instead you are here to appreciate what is before you and see the world through new eyes.

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

Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold.

Anxiety is a sign that you have made up a story contrary to reality. Love does not fear.

Life does not control you. What you believe about it, does.

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.

The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles.

Struggle is not an act; it is an attitude. If we believe that we must fight to get what we want, we will toil over everything we do. If we recognize, however, that the universe works more efficiently for us when we approach it with ease, life will serve us in miraculous ways.

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.

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

Quit making believe you don't know. You do know. Act on it.

Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.

How do I contribute to end the suffering of humanity?" is the most important question you will ever ask. The answer to that question begins with your answer to the question, "How do I end my own suffering?" If you can find your own way out of pain, you will know how to help other people out of their pain. Until then your efforts are hollow

Don't wait for the world to change. Change your mind about the world.

Those who recognize their innocence do not expect, receive, or accept punishment from any outside source.