Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American author, speaker, and alternative medicine advocate who gained prominence in the fields of holistic health and spiritual teachings. Born on October 22, 1946, in New Delhi, India, Chopra initially trained as a medical doctor in India before immigrating to the United States in 1970.
Chopra’s approach to health and well-being incorporates principles from both Western medicine and Eastern philosophies. He is known for blending insights from Ayurveda, a traditional system of medicine in India, with modern medicine. Over the years, he has written numerous books on topics ranging from spirituality and consciousness to health and self-help.
Some of his well-known books include “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind,” and “The Power of Now.” These works often explore the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit, advocating for a holistic approach to health and life.
Chopra has also been a prominent speaker and has appeared on various television and radio programs. He co-founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, which offers programs and teachings based on his holistic philosophy. While he has gained popularity and has a significant following, Chopra has also faced criticism for his views on alternative medicine and the scientific validity of some of his claims.
Deepak Chopra Quotes
1. “If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.”
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2. “When you make a choice, you change the future.”
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3. “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.”
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4. “Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.”
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5. “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”
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6. “The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”
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7. “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”
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8. “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.”
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9. “To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.”
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10. “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 and it will be yours forever.”
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11. “Don’t try to steer the river.”
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12. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.”
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13. “You will be transformed by what you read.”
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14. “Language creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.”
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15. “Walk with those seeking truth. Run from those who think they’ve found it. ”
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16. “Ask for nothing less than inspiration.”
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17. “If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.”
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18. “Because I always have a choice, I choose love.”
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19. “Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.”
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20. “What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.”
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21. “When mind, body, and spirit are in harmony, happiness is the natural result.”
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22. “Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.”
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23. “Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.”
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24. “For everyone, well-being is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself.”
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25. “When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.”
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26. “The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.”
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27. “The choices you make today design your future.”
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28. “Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both.”
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29. “Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.”
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30. “The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.”
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31. “A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.”
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32. “Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not.”
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33. “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.”
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34. “What you pay attention to grows. If your attention is attracted to negative situations and emotions, then they will grow in your awareness.”
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35. “Real bliss is to have peace of mind.”
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36. “Stop. Take 3 deep breaths and smile everywhere in your body, observing what’s happening in your body. Proceed now with kindness and understanding.”
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37. “Be happy for no reason, like a child.”
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38. “Today, I behold all the abundance that surrounds me.”
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39. “If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see.”
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40. “I am here to serve. I am here to inspire. I am here to love. I am here to live my truth.”
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41. “Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant.”
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42. “Everyone is acting from his own level of consciousness. This is all we can ask of ourselves or anyone else. However hurtful someone is, he is doing the best he can, given the limits of his consciousness.”
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43. “Happiness is the ultimate goal. It is the goal of all other goals.”
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44. “Prayer is you speaking to God. Meditation is allowing the spirit to speak to you.”
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45. “Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.”
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46. “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.”
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47. “Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.”
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48. “Karma means your have to live with the consequences of the actions you have taken in the past. Whatever you put out is coming back.”
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49. “In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”
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50. “If you had all the money and all the time in the world, what would you do?!”
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51. “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.”
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52. “Embrace the wisdom of uncertainty.”
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53. “Money is life energy that we exchange and use as a result of the service we provide to the universe.”
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54. “In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It’s a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.”
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55. “To define yourself is to limit yourself. Without labels you remain the infinite being.”
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56. “Give up being right. Instead radiate peace, harmony, love, and laughter from your heart.”
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57. “Religion is believing someone else’s experience, spirituality is having your own experience.”
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58. “Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.”
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59. “As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm, As is the atom, so is the universe, As is the human mind, so is the cosmic mind.”
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60. “You are here for a reason.”
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61. “It helps if you remember that everyone is doing their best from their level of consciousness.”
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62. “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.”
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63. “I often say ‘pursue excellence, ignore success.’ Success is a by-product of excellence.”
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64. “The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.”
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65. “DNA is a quantum computer that localizes a nonlocal omnipresent consciousness or spirit into space-time energy information and matter.”
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66. “Your entire universe is in your mind and nowhere else. To expand the universe, expand your mind.”
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67. “Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities.”
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68. “I remember the past, and I learn from it. I rejoice and celebrate in the present, and I re-imagine the future. Now is the moment that never ends.”
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69. “Synchronicity is choreographed by a great, pervasive intelligence that lies at the heart of nature, and is manifest in each of us through intuitive knowledge.”
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70. “To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.”
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71. “As I let go of the need to arrange my life, the universe brings abundant good to me.”
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72. “I used to be an atheist until I realized that I was God.”
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73. “The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others.”
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74. “The love you seek is seeking you at this moment.”
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75. “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.”
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76. “We are the universe pretending to be individuals.”
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77. “I am perfect as I am. Everything in my life is working just the way it should. I am loved, and I am love.”
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78. “Everything I desire is within me.”
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79. “I create my success from within.”
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80. “Your only identity is I AM undefined and infinite. Any label you give yourself limits yourself.”
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81. “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.”
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82. “Through silence, through meditation, and non-judgment, you will access the first law, the Law of Pure Potentiality.”
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83. “Addiction is when you can’t get enough of what you don’t want anymore.”
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84. “Health is not just the absence of a disease. It’s an inner joyfulness that should be ours all the time; a state of positive well-being.”
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85. “Neurons that fire together wire together. You can rewire your brain for higher consciousness by focusing on love.”
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86. “Christ wasn’t a Christian Buddha wasn’t a Buddhist and Muhammad wasn’t Muslim. These people were having the experience of unity consciousnesses and universal consciousness and they spoke of it in words.”
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87. “You are the world. When you transform yourself, the world you live in will also be transformed.”
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88. “EVERYTHING that happens in the universe starts with an INTENTION.”
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89. “The reason that ego and love are not compatible comes down to this: you cannot take your ego into the unknown, where love wants to lead. If you follow love, your life will become uncertain, and the ego craves certainty.”
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90. “Your inner strength is invulnerable to fear.”
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91. “An intention synchronistically organizes its own fulfillment.”
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92. “The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant to heal. Love is meant to renew. Love is meant to bring us closer to God.”
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93. “Slip into the gap, have the desire, detach from the outcome, and let the universe take care of the details.”
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94. “If you change your relationship with time, you will change your life. The most important time of your life is right now.”
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95. “You believe that you live in the world, where in fact the world lives within you.”
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96. “Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.”
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97. “When the material, psychological and spiritual dimensions are brought into balance, life becomes whole, and this union brings feelings of comfort and security.”
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98. “My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life.”
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99. “You break free when you feel neither beneath anyone nor superior to anyone, when you shed the need to control other people, when you create space for others to be who they are and for your real self to be what it is.”
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100. “Sex is a spiritual experience.”
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