Alan Cohen Quotes

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

Alan Cohen
Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf.

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Eternity does not start after you die; it begins when you really live.

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It is not selfish or narcissistic to love yourself. It is your first and foremost responsibility.

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I claim my heart's desire, and I choose my direction. I will attain my chosen goal.

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

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You cannot instill joy. You can only find where it lives and bring it forth.

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A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool....

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As soon as you become aware that something is not working, immediately shift your focus to the desired result.

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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.

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Anyone in a state of seeking can never be happy. Only those who are constantly finding are fulfilled. And finding is not something that happens to us - it is something we do.

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Life is a gift from God, an unlimited series of opportunities to find the good in ourselves and others. There is good in everything, if we are willing to see it.

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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.

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You give your power away when you make someone or something outside of you more important than what is inside of you.

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

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The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you soar like the eagle of your sacred visions.

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To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

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

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The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out.

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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.

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Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch.

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The cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking.

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You weren't born guilty. You were born bold and playful. Then you forgot who you are and what you deserve. When you remember who you were before you learned to apologize for asking, you'll have everything you want.

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How would I be doing this differently if I were WILLING to let it be easy?

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When we enter into any relationship with the premise that we are empty and the other person will fill us in, we are sure to fail. We can only win when we proceed from wholeness.

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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.

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At this moment, life is trying to love you and give to you in a million wonderful ways. When you say Yes, you allow love to flow, which is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the universe... What do you want that you could be more open to receiving?

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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.

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Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

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To change your mind under the direction of the wisdom of the heart is a brush stroke on the masterpiece you are delivering to the world.

Alan Cohen