Joy is the wild card of life; it supersedes every other formula for success. If you can find a way to create… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Life does not require you to sacrifice or compromise your joy to get what you want. Joy is what you want, so… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
You cannot instill joy. You can only find where it lives and bring it forth. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
When you protect yourself from pain, be sure you do not protect yourself from love. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Anyone in a state of seeking can never be happy. Only those who are constantly finding are fulfilled. And finding is not something that… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Evaluate every act by whether it brings you greater life, or deadens you. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
“When you finally give up striving, you will be left with what you have been striving for.” — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
“newspaper ads for lost pets and earthquakes that soon follow. Other studies indicate a higher rate of last-minute cancellations for airplane flights that crash.… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
“Quit using your creative power to formulate questions. You can just as easily—more easily— use it to formulate answers.” — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
'How can I be more like you?' she asked the guru. 'The best way to be more like me is to be more like… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you.… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
The difficulties of life do not keep you from greatness. They show you to its door. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
What a doctor or healer tells you is a reflection of the beliefs and expectations you hold. Change your beliefs and you change the… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
