Alan Cohen Quotes

You can break through old limits, past inertia and fear, to... richness of choice, freedom, human closeness.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

You have the power to let power go

Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.

I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation.

I think that what I have been truly searching for as a person, as a writer, as a thinker, as a daughter, is freedom. That is my mission. A sense of liberty, the liberty that comes not only from self-awareness but also from letting go of many things. Many things that weigh us down.

I think there's a freedom in freeing yourself of the baggage of ability.

More having to do whatever anybody said you had to do. I couldn't really do anything on my own. But as I got older and then came to America and then Grace became my name, it somehow freed me. All of a sudden, I can be this other person.

Before my transition I felt trapped, and now I've been set free.

When you are plugged into you, anything is possible.

I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things.

Even ashes are a part of your freedom.

There is something beautiful in you seeking freedom.

Stand up and walk out of your history

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

As resistance works to keep us from becoming who we were born to be, equal and opposite powers are counterpoised against it. These are our allies and angels.

There is a power within you that will free you!

I offer images-I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached-like the Doors, right? But we can only open the doors-we can't drag people through.

When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.