Alan Cohen

As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.

Communication is an offering. When you tell someone your truth, you must release your expectation of what the other person should do with it. They may thank you profusely, love you forever, argue with you, or ignore you. It doesn't matter. Of course we hope the gift will be received with appreciation and thanks. But if it isn't we must not dictate. We've done our part, and we must trust the universe to do the rest.

When you learn to say yes to yourself, you will be able to say no to others, with love.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights.

You can be helping many people, but if you are not helping yourself, you have missed the one person you were born to heal.

When you protect yourself from pain, be sure you do not protect yourself from love.

Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.

It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.

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

In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

If you have to have it, it's ego. If you have to not have it, it's ego. Hold life lightly and it will deliver what you need and release what you don't.

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

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

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

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.

Trust who and what you are, and the universe will support you in miraculous ways.

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

Take care what words you speak that follow “I am.” In so speaking you create your life.

In the end, we are not the roles we play. We are the light that animates every soul in the dance we call life.

View the past as your enemy, and it will be an albatross. _x000D_ View it as your friend, and it will give you wings.

Anger is the ego's way of cloaking fear to make what is frail seem formidable.