Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

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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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“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

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All Quotes by Deepak Chopra

“The fear of death comes from limited awareness.”

— Deepak Chopra

Death

“But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.”

— Deepak Chopra

Good

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

— Deepak Chopra

Technology

“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

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

— Deepak Chopra

God

“Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.”

— Deepak Chopra

Peace

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

— Deepak Chopra

Health

“Success comes when people act together failure tends to happen alone.”

— Deepak Chopra

Alone

“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

“Victims always feel alone and helpless.”

— Deepak Chopra

Alone

“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.”

— Deepak Chopra

Best

“Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.”

— Deepak Chopra

Best

“To think is to practice brain chemistry.”

— Deepak Chopra

Intelligence

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

— Deepak Chopra

Nature

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

— Deepak Chopra

Wisdom

“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

“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

“We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.”

— Deepak Chopra

Change

“Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.”

— Deepak Chopra

Time