Quotes from Alan Cohen

No one is too busy to do what they actually prefer.

self-mastery is the goal of life, and controlling, bullying, or needing to fix others is a distraction from our true purpose.

if it's not advisable to pray for a particular result, what should you pray for? Pray or intend for qualities of experience such as well-being, inner peace, abundance, harmony, and happiness.

Our culture has more to gain from inner stillness than incessant pushing.

If God puts yearning in your heart, that same God will give you the guidance and means to fulfill it.

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused

Agony is not something that happens to you. To agonize is a choice.

Any problem you recognize represents but a tiny blip on the radar screen of your well-being. Even while you are experiencing a difficulty, homeostasis is working on your behalf to return you to perfect balance. Your role is simply to relax and allow nature to take its healing course.

Searching represents the achievement of the goal of searching. Finding represents the achievement of the goal of finding.

All of life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You get to decide which prophecy your self will fulfill.

When a relationship has served its purpose, there is no use to try to hang onto it.

If you can't be with the one you love, be the one you love.

every act is either an expression of love or a call for love.

while most readers recognize the profound wisdom imbued in Tao Te Ching, the language remains mysterious to many. Utter simplicity can seem confusing to the complicated mind.

The ego's use of the body is to make it a god, while the soul's use of the body is for it to serve God.

La muerte es la forma que tiene el universo de limpiar lo que ya ha cumplido con su propósito, para dejar vía libre al siguiente acto de propósito.

Do not confuse humility with humiliation.

Jesus never asked us to go on the cross with him and he did not die for your sins. That premise is faulty because Christ is deathless and you have no sins. Instead, he lives for your innocence. He is the model of a man who recognized his innate divinity, the same godliness you own. He does not want you to emulate his crucifixion. He wants you to magnify his resurrection. You don't need to experience crucifixion to gain resurrection. There are easier ways to get to heaven.

When you can laugh about something, you know it is healed.

Prayer sends love. Affirmation sees love.

The desire to change others cloaks your desire to change yourself.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money Love like you'll never get hurt Dance like there's nobody watching It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work

After a certain point you quit trying to prove yourself to anyone and you simply live in the way that makes you happy.

The list of ways that others bother us is endless.