Deepak Chopra Quotes
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The world in general has meaning, deep meaning at times. This cannot be dismissed as a delusion, an artifact of chemicals.
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There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.
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In India, you're taught that there are certain qualities that make you a divine human being.
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We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.
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To think is to practice brain chemistry.
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It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.
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The masculine energy was about survival. The male was the hunter who risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.
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A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.
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I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.
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There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.
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Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.
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To say that Nature displays intelligence doesn't make you a Christian fundamentalist. Einstein said as much, and a fascinating theory called the anthropic principle has been seriously considered by Stephen Hawking, among others.
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Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
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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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You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.
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As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness. You know, the two-year-old dies before the three-year-old shows up, the three-year-old dies before the teenager shows up.
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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.
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You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.
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Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.
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Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.
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We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.
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The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.
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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.
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Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.