Alan Cohen Quotes, Thoughts and images

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.

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

When you want what you want more than you fear what you want, you will have it.

Forget what you've been taught so you can remember what you know.

To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

You don’t need to get anyone else to agree with your truth. You just need to live it.

No matter what has happened, let today be new.

Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.

Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.

Revisit your past only to recognize how far you have come.

The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence.

Abundance is not a situation- it is an attitude.

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

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

Keep memories of insult on a short leash, and memories of blessing on a long one.

You change the past when you change the way you see it.

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome.

Upgrade your past by seeing it with appreciation.

Be kind to everyone, and don't leave yourself out of the equation.

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.

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

God is a frequency. Stay tuned.

We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.

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

Keeping your commitment to your purpose does not depend on other people keeping theirs.

Everything that you need to succeed has been given to you.

True progress comes not through action, but through awakening.

Great masters merit emulation, not worship.

The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth.

No one can bother you unless you agree with them.