Deepak Chopra Quotes

I'm not my thoughts, I'm the thinker who has those thoughts.

Ask for nothing less than inspiration.

This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

Unless there's a personal transformation, there can be no social transformation.

Making every desire come true is not difficult once you realize that the same thing is always at work - you are transforming pure awareness from one state to another.

The world is a reflection of who we are and if we don't like the reflection, it doesn't really help to break the mirror.

Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.

The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends.

If we were able to live at the level of the soul all the time, there would be no need for hindsight to appreciate the great truths of life.

In my stillness I am the eternal possibility. In my movement I am the cosmos.

I use memories but I will not allow memories to use me.

My body is a projection of my consciousness.

You will find inner ecstasy when you can be reckless in love.

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

I think that is a very important component, to have passion, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life.

No matter how much it gets abused, the body can restore balance. The first rule is to stop interfering with nature.

You'll never get anywhere unless you're independent of the good and bad opinion of others. Be fearless.

If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.

The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you are. This is a quite literal statement.

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

Once you master how your own consciousness operates, anything can be desired and achieved.

Neurons that fire together wire together. You can rewire your brain for higher consciousness by focusing on love.

Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment. And when we introduce an intention in our pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.

Our essential nature is one of pure potentiality.

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.

With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; Without it we are orphaned and adrift.

Desires are seeds waiting for their season to sprout. From a single seed of desire, whole forests grow.

There are no accidents... there is only some purpose that we haven't yet understood.

I meditate twice a day. I meditate two hours every day. I spend at least an hour working out. So that's three hours every day of something mind/body discipline. Other than that: nothing.

Less than 5% of cancers are related to genes. 95% are influenced by your lifestyle. You are the author of your biological story.

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.

Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.

The force fields of nature are force fields of consciousness. They are force fields of knowledge.

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.

Fear is the emotion behind hatred. Fear comes when you are threatened either physically or emotionally or psychologically.

Everything that happens to you is self-created.

You are the world. When you transform yourself, the world you live in will also be transformed.

Love doesn't need reason. It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart.

When you expand your awareness, seemingly random events will be seen to fit into a larger purpose.

It's hard enough to change ourselves. We can't expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves.

Success, wealth, good health and nurturing relationships are by-products of happiness, not the cause.

People will suffer almost anything, as long as it means they don't have to change.

I place my intention into the vast ocean of all possibilities and allow the universe to work through me.

Now is the moment that never ends.

As you let go of the complications, emotional toxins, and everything else that isn't serving you, you will be free to experience the happiness that exists in simplicity.

What you pay attention to grows. If your attention is attracted to negative situations and emotions, then they will grow in your awareness.

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.