Quotes By Deepak Chopra

Passivity is the same as defending injustice.

So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly.

I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.

Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others.

My own training is in the field of neuroendocrinology and I really became very fascinated many years ago with the molecules of emotion, molecules that we call neuropeptides.

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.

It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.

The masculine energy was about survival. The male was the hunter who risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.

I like Muhammad a lot, because he's like us more than anybody else. Jesus is just so exalted, and Buddha is just so exalted, it's almost beyond our reach.

Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.

Victims always feel alone and helpless.

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.

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

Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

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

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

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

There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence.

From a scientist's perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all the mechanical parts of genes and the brain until there are no more secrets left.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

Your immune cells are like a circulating nervous system. Your nervous system in fact is a circulating nervous system. It thinks. It's conscious.