Quotes by Deepak Chopra

About Deepak Chopra:

Deepak Chopra is an Indian American author and public speaker. He is an alternative medicine advocate and a promoter of popular forms of spirituality. He has been described by the New York Times as a "controversial New-Age guru" though Chopra says guru is "a title I’ve rejected for thirty years". Through his books and videos, he has become one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in the holistic-health movement.
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Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.

Deepak Chopra

Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.

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I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

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Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not.

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The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.

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Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.

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If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

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I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.

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We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

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You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.

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The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

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Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.

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We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.

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A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.

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

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No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions.

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All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome.

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Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they're all a projection of you.

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Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.

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We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

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Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.

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Author Bio

  • NameDeepak Chopra
  • DescriptionIndian-American physician, public speaker and writer
  • BornOctober 22, 1947
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionMotivational Speaker; Writer; Physician; Internist
  • AwardsCanada India Foundation ("CIF") Chanchlani Global Indian Award