Deepak Chopra Quotes

“Knowing exactly what you want to do, with unwavering conviction, is the spark that generates everything.”

“A job is how you make money. A career is how you make your mark. A calling is how you acknowledge a higher vision, whatever it may be.”

“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.”

“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.”

“Trust that your soul has a plan, and even if you can’t see it completely, know that everything will unfold as it is meant to.”

“At every stage of spiritual growth, the greatest ally you have is your body.”

“The most good you can do for yourself spiritually is to live your life with total love, conviction, and purpose.”

“If you pay attention to those aspects of God that demonstrate love, truth, beauty, intelligence, order, and spiritual evolution, those aspects will begin to expand in your life.”

“Fill your plate with the colors of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body.”

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”

“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.”

“Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence.”

“Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; it makes us value the inner world; it trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.”

“Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.”

“If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.”

“The world ’out there’ won’t change until the world ’in here’ does.”

“The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.”

“Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both.”

“The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.”

“A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.”

“What you pay attention to grows. If your attention is attracted to negative situations and emotions, then they will grow in your awareness.”

“Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.”

“Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality.”

“The next thing you think, the next action you take, will either create a new possibility for you, or it will repeat the past.”

“The expression of gratitude is a powerful force that generates even more of what we have already received.”

“Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self.”

“Addiction is when you can’t get enough of what you don’t want any more.”

“You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.”

“Whether you like it or not, everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you’ve made in the past.”

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”

“Don’t regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt.”

“If you change your relationship with time, you will change your life. The most important time of your life is right now.”

“See today as the beginning of the future, not the tail end of the past.”

“Memory is useful because it gives us a sense of continuity. But memory is also imprisoning because it conditions us in predictable ways.”

“What would I be afraid of if I didn’t have a past?”

“When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.”

“When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.”

“If you want to know the state of your personal consciousness, just look around and see what is happening to you.”

“Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are.”

“A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses, is not flawed but complete.”

“What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.”

“Don’t follow someone else’s map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in yourself.”

“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”

“You cannot bring the same stale self to the world and expect the world to be new for you.”

“A man’s goodness is truly measured by what he is, not what he does.”

“There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world.”

“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”

“If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.”

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