Alan Cohen Quotes

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.

Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.

All I ever wanted to be was happy.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

I think love and beauty are what life is all about.

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

I'm fine with the life I have.

I think being sublimely happy is the only thing I could ever hope for in life.

I think comfort, stability, and love are the things that really let me be happy. Deep down inside I'm a little boring, I guess.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

I think it's the same simple thing for everyone - to be happy, and have love in your life.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.

Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.

The soul's joy lies in doing.

I thought happiness came from achievement.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.

I love life because what more is there?