Quotes By Deepak Chopra

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

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.

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.

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.

Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking.

To think is to practice brain chemistry.

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.

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.

Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.

I've always felt that technology can be used to our benefit and should be used to our benefit.

Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child's version of it cannot be the same as an old person's.

I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death?

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.