Alan Cohen Love Quotes & Sayings

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

You weren't born guilty. You were born bold and playful. Then you forgot who you are and what you deserve. When you remember who you were before you learned to apologize for asking, you'll have everything you want. — Alan Cohen

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

If you fear looking at your true self, you'll find many ways to distract yourself from it. Busyness, drama, and addictions are ways of avoiding facing yourself. To find the peace you seek, stop running and just he. Get to know who you really are. Remember the wholeness you felt before you joined the rush to nowhere. Then you'll recognize yourself through the eyes of love, and everything will be different. — Alan Cohen

If you have good wealth mentality ... you will generate wealth wherever you go. Even if you lose money temporarily, your wealth mentality will attract it again. If you have a lack mentality, no matter how much you receive or what financial opportunities come your way, wealth will evade you or, if it comes, it won't last. — Alan Cohen

I love the balls-to-the-walls rule-breaking approach the Beatles had in the studio (which I emulate), although I don't try to make my songs "sound" like their songs. But every time I crank a knob of some piece of equipment, or plug an instrument into the "wrong" amp/effect, I am channeling the Beatles. — Alan Cohen

The love affair you seek is with yourself. — Alan Cohen

The spirit of love arranges all meetings in divine order for the highest good of all concerned. — Alan Cohen

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. — Alan Cohen

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. 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. — Alan Cohen

All hatred of others is a reflection of self-hatred. All love of others is a reflection of self-love. — Alan Cohen

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

Abundance is not a situation- it is an attitude. — Alan Cohen

Love is heaven and fear is hell. Where you place your attention is where you live. — Alan Cohen

Give people permission to be who they are and they will love, thank, and respect you forever. — Alan Cohen

The door you open to give love is the very one through which love arrives. — Alan Cohen

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

ACIM states that you will be appalled when you realize what you are truly here for (T-17.V.5:6). You thought you were here to get stuff, prove yourself, and find people to love you. Instead you are here get peace, be yourself, and find people to love. You thought you were here to fix the world. Instead you are here to appreciate what is before you and see the world through new eyes. — Alan Cohen

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

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. — Alan Cohen

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

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. — Alan Cohen

You own what you own not by money or force, but by your love for it and your inner connection to it. — Alan Cohen

Anxiety is a sign that you have made up a story contrary to reality. Love does not fear. — Alan Cohen

Don't use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future. — Alan Cohen

Today I set my mind and heart on a new path. I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities. — Alan Cohen

'Confusion is the last stop on the way to clarity,' he told me. 'The part of your mind that thinks it knows it all is butting up against a bigger idea. It's only a matter of time until the smaller thought gives way to the greater. Don't fight it. Just try to enjoy the ride.' — Alan Cohen

So money is not the answer to problems; wealth mentality is. — Alan Cohen

People will pay me to feel the passion and energy I breathe into my career and creations. — Alan Cohen

Only those who ask for more can get more and only those who know there is more, ask. — Alan Cohen

We can look at any experience in two ways: through the eyes of lack, or the eyes of plenty. Fear sees limits, while love sees possibilities. Each attitude will be justified by the belief system you cherish. Change your allegiance from fear to love, and love will sustain you wherever you walk. — Alan Cohen

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? — Alan Cohen