Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

30 quotes

Deepak Chopra (b. 1946), an American alternative medicine advocate, shaped not only their field but the way we think and talk about change, purpose, and modern life. The range of their thinking — from Death to Health — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 45 quotes from Deepak Chopra, each offering a different angle on Death, Health, Wisdom, Time, and Science. Start here and see if you agree: "To think is to practice brain chemistry."

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“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

Morning

All Quotes by Deepak Chopra

“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

Science

“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

Health

“The fear of death comes from limited awareness.”

— Deepak Chopra

Death

“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

Leadership

“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”

— Deepak Chopra

Health

“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

Imagination

“To think is to practice brain chemistry.”

— Deepak Chopra

Intelligence

“Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.”

— Deepak Chopra

Happiness

“In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.”

— Deepak Chopra

Wisdom

“You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.”

— Deepak Chopra

Religion

“It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.”

— Deepak Chopra

Nature

“Victims always feel alone and helpless.”

— Deepak Chopra

Alone

“Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.”

— Deepak Chopra

Society

“We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology.”

— Deepak Chopra

Science

“Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.”

— Deepak Chopra

Beauty

“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.”

— Deepak Chopra

Death

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

— Deepak Chopra

Technology

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

— Deepak Chopra

Experience

“Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.”

— Deepak Chopra

God

“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?”

— Deepak Chopra

Death