Deepak Chopra Quotes & Sayings

I think evil is our collective shadow. Each one of us has a tendency for the diabolical. If I put you in inhumane conditions, if you're not educated, if you're extremely poor, if you're humiliated, then as a child if you suffer abuse, then you will manifest even when you grow up. — Deepak Chopra

Wherever I go, and whoever I encounter, I will bring them a gift. The gift may be a compliment, a flower, or a prayer. Today, I will give something to everyone I come into contact with, and so I will begin the process of circulating joy, wealth and affluence in my life and in the lives of others. — Deepak Chopra

Replace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking. Every time you're making a choice, ask yourself if it's going to cultivate the experience of unity and love or the experience of separation and stress. — Deepak Chopra

This is the key to life: the ability to reflect, the ability to know yourself, the ability to pause for a second before reacting automatically. If you can truly know yourself, you will begin the journey of transformation. — Deepak Chopra

A man's goodness is truly measured by what he is, not what he does. — Deepak Chopra

Children should also be taught that success and fulfillment come from inside, and it is only inside that matters. Each of us is responsible for how we feel, what we wish for, and how we decide to approach life's challenges. The highest responsibility is fulfilled not by doing a huge amount of work but by doing the work of spirit in an attitude of joy and creativity. This is the only way that life without struggle becomes possible. — Deepak Chopra

It isn't love when another person cannot give you the space to live your own life. — Deepak Chopra

Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box. — Deepak Chopra

My Intent today is to expand the flow of abundance through the energy of gratitude. — Deepak Chopra

Any decrease of anxiety is a step toward love. — Deepak Chopra

Use memories. Do not let memories use you. — Deepak Chopra

Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life. — Deepak Chopra

The essence of God is consciousness. Consciousness can be used for either violence or peace; the choice is ours. When it is expanded, human consciousness chooses non-violence, since that is compatible with love. — Deepak Chopra

The more clarity you achieve, the more you will find that the universe is on your side, supporting your thoughts and intentions. Therefore, focus on clarity, not on getting results. The results will come according to their own rhythm and timing. — Deepak Chopra

Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance. — Deepak Chopra

Society isn't prepared to imagine a soul wandering through time to heal its grief. — Deepak Chopra

In short, superheroes balance the forces of light and dark, rage and serenity, and the sacred and the profane within themselves and from it forge an identity that is powerful and purposeful. — Deepak Chopra

Each of us plays four roles in relation to the brain. We lead, we inspire, we invent, and we use it. Most people do not actively use their brains. They passively let their feelings and thoughts control their lives. They don't invent new ways to use their brains, either, settling instead for the same routine and repetitive thoughts every day. But if you master all four roles, you create your super brain. When you are the active observer of your feelings and thoughts, you become the user of your brain. Your super brain then serves you, not vice versa. — Deepak Chopra

Every child needs as much mature love as you can give. What makes love mature - and not just adult - is the conscious spiritual intention behind it. The birth of a baby launches us as teachers of spirit. Afterward we rely on the grace of love, which guides our intentions in the years to come. Spirit lifts us above our individual fallibility, and in doing that it teaches our children the deepest, most valuable lessons. — Deepak Chopra

By itself, faith can't deliver God, but it does — Deepak Chopra

Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality. — Deepak Chopra

How do we awaken to this true Self? By going within and putting our attention on the silent presence in our heart - the silent witness that is detached from sensory experience and at the same time enjoys that experience in complete freedom. — Deepak Chopra

Being excited about what we do every day and sharing our gifts with the world is how we cultivate joy and energy. — Deepak Chopra

Don't regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt. — Deepak Chopra

God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and he said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion.' — Deepak Chopra

Life is a metaphor for what's happening in your consciousness. — Deepak Chopra

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment. — Deepak Chopra

A gentle focus of attention is all it takes to free the body of minor imbalances. — Deepak Chopra

We must not bring one war to an end, or thirty; but the idea of war itself. — Deepak Chopra

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. — Deepak Chopra

Inertia: Inertia means giving in to old habits and conditioning. Whatever the cause of depression, anxiety, trauma, insecurity, or grief, these states linger if you take a passive attitude. "That's just how things are" is the motto of inertia. Become aware of how doing nothing is actually the way you've trained yourself to keep things the same. Do you sit and dwell on your suffering? Do you reject helpful advice before even considering it? Do you know the difference between griping and genuinely airing your feelings with the intention of healing them? Examine the routine of your suffering and break out of it. — Deepak Chopra

Attachment to money will always create insecurity no matter how much money you have in the bank. — Deepak Chopra

We are here to question and yearn. If we deal with our nature in a healthy way, this yearning makes us grow. — Deepak Chopra

Stillness alone is the potentiality for creativity; movement alone is creativity restricted to a certain aspect of its expression. But the combination of movement and stillness enables you to unleash your creativity in all directions-wherever the power of your attention takes you. — Deepak Chopra

The injured brain cannot heal itself. Now we know that the brain has amazing powers of healing, unsuspected in the past. The brain's hardwiring cannot be changed. In fact, the line between hard and soft wiring is shifting all the time, and our ability to rewire our brains remains intact from birth to the end of life. Aging in the brain is inevitable and irreversible. To counter this outmoded belief, new techniques for keeping the brain youthful and retaining mental acuity are arising every day. The brain loses millions of cells a day, and lost brain cells cannot be replaced. In fact, the brain contains stem cells that are capable of maturing into new brain cells throughout life. How we lose or gain brain cells is a complex issue. Most of the findings are good news for everyone who is afraid of losing mental capacity as they age. — Deepak Chopra

At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos. There is no difference between your breathing and the breathing of the rain forest, between your bloodstream and the world's rivers, between your bones and the chalk cliffs of Dover. — Deepak Chopra

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real. — Deepak Chopra

Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation. — Deepak Chopra

The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but actually it's the most natural way to approach any situation. When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it form understanding what it needs to know. — Deepak Chopra

Your body is the physical record of your life story as you've lived it until today. — Deepak Chopra

What you call flaws are really just scars and wounds accumulated over a lifetime. — Deepak Chopra

The current perception I get from the evening news is that the world is dominated by human failure, crime, catastrophe, corruption, and tragedy. We are all tuning in to see how the human mind is evolving, but the media keeps hammering home the opposite, that the human mind is mired in darkness and folly. — Deepak Chopra

Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It makes us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges. — Deepak Chopra

Synchronicity is choreographed by a great, pervasive intelligence that lies at the heart of nature, and is manifest in each of us through intuitive knowledge. — Deepak Chopra

I use memories but I will not allow memories to use me. — Deepak Chopra

You give to the world your greatest gift when you're being yourself. — Deepak Chopra

If you want to reach a state of Bliss - make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge. — Deepak Chopra

Have you also learned that secret for the river; that there is no such thing as time?" A bright smile spread over Vasudeva's face. "Yes, Siddhartha. Is this what you mean? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere, and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future?" "That is it," said Siddhartha, "and when I learned that, I reviewed my life and it was also a river, and Siddhartha the boy, Siddhartha the mature man and Siddhartha the old man, were only separated by shadows, not through reality." He spoke with delight, but Vasudeva just smiled radiantly at him and nodded his agreement. — Deepak Chopra

No single decision you ever made has led in a straight line to where you find yourself now. You peeked down some roads and took a few steps before turning back. You followed some roads that came to a dead end and others that got lost at too many intersections. Ultimately, all roads are connected to all other roads. — Deepak Chopra

Awareness isn't passive. It directly leads to action (or inaction). — Deepak Chopra

Bring into your mind anyone against whom you have a grievance and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness. — Deepak Chopra

Sex is a spiritual experience. — Deepak Chopra

Marshall Rosenberg provides us with the most effective tools to foster health and relationships. Nonviolent Communication connects soul to soul, creating a lot of healing. It is the missing element in what we do. — Deepak Chopra

Religion is confining and imprisoning and toxic because it is based on ideology and dogma. But spirituality is redeeming and universal. — Deepak Chopra

Virtual domain = the field of spirit Quantum domain = the field of mind Material reality = the field of physical existence — Deepak Chopra

That's why, if you really want to break out of the mundane, you must learn to think and dream the impossible. Only with repeated thoughts can the impossible be made possible through the intention of the nonlocal mind. — Deepak Chopra

The most effective way to live in the flow of the timeless is meditation. — Deepak Chopra

Survival of the fittest is over. Get over it. We need survival of the wisest. — Deepak Chopra

If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see. — Deepak Chopra

Your brain is always eavesdropping on your thoughts. As it listens, it leans. If you teach it about limitation, your brain will become limited ... Teach your brain to be unlimited. — Deepak Chopra

On the path to love, impossibilities are resolved by turning non-love into love. — Deepak Chopra

Our body is the place that our memories and dreams call home for the time being. — Deepak Chopra

I create my success from within — Deepak Chopra

Every great change is preceded by chaos — Deepak Chopra

A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind. — Deepak Chopra

Consciousness is nothing but awareness the composite of all the thing we pay attention to. — Deepak Chopra

Your soul cherishes every aspect of your life. — Deepak Chopra

Don't simply dismiss a coincidence and let it drift away. Life is totally interconnected. These unusual 'things' are simply connections that surprise you because you aren't used to seeing life except in fragments. Now it is beginning to piece itself together. — Deepak Chopra

Pay attention to your self outside the realm of your experiences and you'll discover that there is a light there, there is a love there. Love of one, love of all, merge into love, pure and simple. It radiates from you like light from the sun. — Deepak Chopra

I am impressed with the natural health programs at Nature Care College. Their dedication to quality education is truly inspiring. — Deepak Chopra

While the mind lives in the past and the future, the body lives in the now. — Deepak Chopra

Today, give somebody a response instead of a reaction. — Deepak Chopra

For nearly a hundred years, we have known that the material world is an illusion. Everything that seems solid - a rock, a tree, your body - is actually 99.999% empty space. — Deepak Chopra

Karma means your have to live with the consequences of the actions you have taken in the past. Whatever you put out is coming back. — Deepak Chopra

Ego is "I"; it is your singular point of view. In innocence this point of view is pure, like a clear lens. But without innocence the ego's focus is extremely distorting. — Deepak Chopra

Every emotion is keyed into some bodily location, and taken all together, they form the emotional body. — Deepak Chopra

People think meditation is a huge undertaking. Don't think of it like that. — Deepak Chopra

Everything is the same spirit watching itself through the eyes of different observers. — Deepak Chopra

Those trees are your lungs. The earth recycles as your body. The rivers recycle as your circulation. The air is your breath. So what do we call the environment? — Deepak Chopra

Observe the silence between your thoughts, actions, reactions, and you will feel the presence of spirit in the stillness of those spaces. — Deepak Chopra

If you change your relationship with time, you will change your life. The most important time of your life is right now. — Deepak Chopra

The body does not create the mind; the Mind creates the body. — Deepak Chopra

We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure. — Deepak Chopra

Your own innocence is the only flower that exists. It never fades, and because of that, the world never fades either. — Deepak Chopra

Religion is belief in someone else's experience. Spirituality is having your own experience. Atheism is no experience only measurement. — Deepak Chopra

Practice silence and you will acquire silent knowledge. In this silent knowledge is a computing system that is far more precise and far more accurate and far more powerful than anything that is contained in the boundaries of rational thought. — Deepak Chopra

We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning. — Deepak Chopra

Love is what we are in our essence, and the more love we feel in our hearts, the more it will be brought to us. — Deepak Chopra

(W)hy does it hurt to be loved?
When you do (know), you will be strong in truth, not in grief. — Deepak Chopra

Although we think that we think, most of the time we are being thought by the collective mind, the hypnosis of conditioning. — Deepak Chopra

One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety. — Deepak Chopra

All the happiness and fulfillment that humans yearn for exists in the present moment. — Deepak Chopra

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. — Deepak Chopra

The way to fill your life with love is very simple: if you want more love, give more love. — Deepak Chopra

Go first class all the way and the universe will respond by giving you the best. — Deepak Chopra

Love can heal. Love can renew. Love can make us safe. Love can inspire us with its power. Love can bring us closer to God. — Deepak Chopra

Don't spend money that you don't have to impress people that you don't like — Deepak Chopra

From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire. — Deepak Chopra

Instead of asking "what's the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity? — Deepak Chopra

When you give, you reveal a spiritual truth, that the flow of life never runs dry. — Deepak Chopra