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
The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Keeping your commitment to your purpose does not depend on other people keeping theirs. — 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
Our noblest purpose in life is to remember our spiritual nature in the face of suggestions that we are a material society. — 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
The purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind, which always knows your wholeness and your deservingness. The purpose of prayer… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
The feeling, "this can't be it", is a very powerful form of prayer. It's the agony of the separated self longing for… — 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
