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."

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

— Deepak Chopra

God

All Quotes by Deepak Chopra

“Victims always feel alone and helpless.”

— Deepak Chopra

Alone

“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

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

— Deepak Chopra

Happiness

“Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.”

— 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

“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

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

— Deepak Chopra

Society

“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

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

— Deepak Chopra

Time

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

— Deepak Chopra

Best

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

— Deepak Chopra

Religion

“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

“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

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

— Deepak Chopra

God

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

— Deepak Chopra

Science

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

— Deepak Chopra

Technology

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

— Deepak Chopra

Health

“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 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

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

— Deepak Chopra

Alone