Top 1470 Quotes & Sayings by Deepak Chopra - Page 2

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

As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness. You know, the two-year-old dies before the three-year-old shows up, the three-year-old dies before the teenager shows up.

Science stands for rational thought, faith for superstition and unreason.

Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains all the time.

There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.

In every conversation I've had - with housewives in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums - everyone says there is an underlying consciousness of karma. That people believe in karma - that what you're putting out is going to come back. If I do something to you, the energy of it is going to come back to me in the future.

Perceptual reality is different for different species. In certain species it is a mode of observation, so what we call scientific fact is actually not ultimate truth, it is perceptual experience, and it's a mode of observation.

A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.

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

We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.

All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.

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

What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.

If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream.

And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective component which is more archetypal and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness.

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.

Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good.

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

We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.

The world in general has meaning, deep meaning at times. This cannot be dismissed as a delusion, an artifact of chemicals.

Your conscious brain cannot multitask. If I'm speaking to you and checking my I-Phone at the same time, I'm doing neither. This is why our society is frazzled; this misconception that we can consciously do more than one thing at a time effectively.

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.

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

I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.

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 fear of death comes from limited awareness.

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

Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.

There are receptors to these molecules in your immune system, in your gut and in your heart. So when you say, 'I have a gut feeling' or 'my heart is sad' or 'I am bursting with joy,' you're not speaking metaphorically. You're speaking literally.

Preventive medicine isn't part of a physician's everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery.

You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.

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

In India, you're taught that there are certain qualities that make you a divine human being.

The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.

Dynamic activity and deep rest of the mind are complementary to each other.

Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world - hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome.

My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist.

Spiritual people should not be ashamed of being wealthy.

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.

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

We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.

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.

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.

I, of course, meditate for two hours every morning. It's part of my schedule; I wake up at 4 a.m. every day and I love it.

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

There is no separation between mind and body... Self and other co-arise and fall away all the time.

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

I have tremendous faith in President Obama's skills. He's a long-term visionary.

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.

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

Victims always feel alone and helpless.

Being more aware creates responsibility. What does responsibility mean? It means the ability to respond. The more conscious you are in your ability to respond, the more creative you'll be.

In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource.

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.

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

Consciousness, rather than being an epiphenomenon of matter, is actually the source of matter. It differentiates into space time, energy, information, and matter. Even though this view is an ancient view, an ancient world view, it is now finding some resonance amongst a few scientists.

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

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

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.