Inspirational Quotations by Alan Cohen

 

Numbers on a scale have nothing to do with who you are. Lighten up, and you’ll lighten up.

Observe the direct connection between practicing trust and serendipitous events that follow.

Often it does not matter so much what we choose, but that we do choose.

Old friends depart only to make way for new ones. Your real friend is life itself.

Once you have prayed for something, step fully into the awareness of the result you seek and do not go backward into thoughts, words, or actions that assert the condition we were praying to heal.

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

Opportunities show up in direct proportion to your willingness to recognize them.

Our moments of illumination are like diamonds twinkling atop a moonlit sea,
reflecting a light that emanates from a source far beyond the world it bathes.

Outlandish ideas move the world ahead far more powerfully than logical steps. 
An outrageous imagination is ultimately the most practical contribution.

Part of you thinks that you are not going to die because part of you is not going to die.

Pay less attention to original sin, and more attention to original grin.

Pay less attention to resolutions and more attention to evolution.

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

People who love and believe in you do not need to be convinced,
and people who do not love or believe in you are not worth trying to convince.

People who love themselves are far more attractive than those who try to become attractive. True love is perfectly compelling.

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

People who recognize your beauty see you truly.

People will love, support, respect, and pay you to give them permission to be who they are.

Perfection is not a condition to be attained; it is a way of seeing to be cultivated.

Place love where you once saw evil, and you will prove there is only love.

Practically every generation has thought it would be the last. Those who change the world for the better are those who are willing to be the generation that is the first.

Pray not for things, but for qualities of experience.

Pray to have a happy day, and you won’t have to dictate everything that happens in it.

Prayer is the attunement of your mind with the love that already exists.

Praying for specifics is risky. Praying for essence guarantees reward.

Preparing to live is not living. Don’t miss this moment ― it’s all you ever dreamed of.

Preparing to live your dream is postponing it.
You are either living it, or not.

Proceed when clear.

Pursue your soul’s dreams, not your mind’s.

Quit identifying with your difficulties, finding justifications for them, and arguing for them.
Become a force for your own potential.
Shift your attention to what is going right and how great it could be.

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

Quit terrorizing yourself with scary thoughts, and start inspiring yourself with delightful visions.

Quit trying to improve yourself and recognize your shining self that is whole, perfect, and complete right now.

Quit trying to make what’s not it,“it,” and “it” will reveal itself plainly.

Quit worrying about what you should do, and consider what you would do.

Rather than seeking to get rid of people who are unkind to you or import those who will adore you, recognize your deep deservingness to be with people you love.

Rather than sweating to manage your image, manage your fear and insecurity thoughts that tell you that you have to get people to like you.

Read between the whines.

Real faith is beyond hope. Hope means there is a chance things may turn out as you wish, and if you are lucky you may get what you want. Inner knowing, on the other hand, proceeds from the awareness that love is present, all is well, and you can have whatever you choose.

 

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