Quotes by Alan Cohen

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

Forgiveness doesn’t make wrong things right. It remembers that what is right far outshines what is wrong.

You have the power to take away someones happiness by refusing to forgive. That someone is you.

Money is but one venue for generosity.Kindness is an even more valuable currency.

Everything you think, feel, say, and do contains seeds of more of itself.

Your thoughts do not create reality. They either permit it or they do not.

Your thoughts do not create reality, but they do create your experience.

Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them.

The ego romanticizes the past to avoid the true romance of the present.

This moment has nothing to do with the last one unless you choose the past to continue.

All hatred of others is a reflection of self-hatred. All love of others is a reflection of self-love.

If someone thinks you can help or heal them, and you think you can’t, choose their faith over your doubt.

Quit making believe you don’t know.You do know. Act on it.

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

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

Be at peace with your choices.They all serve you.

Success is less about getting good, and more about letting good.

Humility moves more mountains than arrogance.

Do not confuse humility with humiliation.

Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything. This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.