Alan Cohen

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

Half of your power lies in your sameness with others. The other half lies in your uniqueness.

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

If you are not living with a whole heart now, the end of the world poses no threat; your life is already gone. Life is only as valuable as our presence to enjoy it. To miss the beauty of the moment because you are preparing to protect yourself from the next one, is to trade a precious gem for a cheap trinket.

Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside _x000D_ ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover _x000D_ that the gold we sought, we already are.

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.

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

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

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

The world you see is less of an indication about the world and more of an indication about your seeing.

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

The love affair you seek is with yourself.

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?

You believe that a lover will bring you love, but it is your love that will bring you a lover.

Acts that proceed from your calm center are always more effective than acts that proceed from fear, guilt, or anger.

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

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

You need not wrestle for your good. Your good flows to you most easily when you are relaxed, open, and trusting.

Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

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