A Quote by Deepak Chopra

Freedom comes when you see the built-in contradiction of trying to manipulate something that is going right to begin with.... Stop trying to steer the river.

Deepak Chopra

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Begin Built Contradiction Freedom Going Manipulate Right River See Something Steer Stop Stop Trying Trying

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Deepak Chopra
American - Speaker
Born: October 22, 1946

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Let it be whatever it will be. Give up trying to manipulate. This is Freedom.

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They [terrorists] are trying to evoke sympathy for themselves. They're not sympathetic people. They're violent, cold-blooded killers who are trying to stop the advance of freedom.

George W. Bush

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Brigham Young

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I have just been the man in the middle, trying to make sure that we steer the right course.

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Do your part, but stop trying to steer your destiny. You're not in charge.

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Stop trying to distinguish the joy of meditation from the messiness of life. Begin to see the divine in everything. She is in the joy just as much as the misery.

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Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?