Deepak chopra quotes

You are the most important part of the family. Take care of yourself first. Then you'll be able to take care of everyone else even better.

Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive.

In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

Self-awareness is your awareness of the world, which you experience through the five senses (sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell). Pay attention to your sensory impressions and be aware of those five ways that the world comes to you.

You are not creating a new you; you are releasing a hidden you. The process is one of self discovery. The hidden you that wants to emerge is in perfect balance.

When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful.

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.

Spirit is passionate; without passion no one can be truly spiritual.

Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities

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.

The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy.

Just as a wave is a movement of the whole ocean, you are the energy of the cosmos. Don't underestimate your power.

Let us not demand of ourselves that we alone must be the agent of change. In a fire brigade everyone passes along a bucket, but only the last person puts out the fire. None of us know where we stand in line. We may be here simply to pass a bucket; we may be called on to play a major role. In either case, all we can do is think, act, and say. Let us direct our thoughts, words, and actions to peace. That is all we can do. Let the results be what they will be.

Language creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.

The elimination of toxins awakens the capacity for renewal.

If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another. The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling, and action that you experience.

The whole material world. It doesn't actually exist. Matter is not material. It's made up of atoms that are moving at lightning speeds around huge empty spaces. So as you go beyond the appearance of molecules, you end up with a subatomic world, and if you go beyond that you end up with nothing. Nothing is the source of everything.

Instead of asking "what’s the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?

Every thought, feeling, and emotion creates a molecule known as a neuropeptide. Neuropeptides travel throughout your body and hook onto receptor sites of cells and neurons. Your brain takes in the information, converts it into chemicals, and lets your whole body know if there's trouble in the world or cause for celebration. Your body is directly influenced as these molecules course through the bloodstream, delivering the energetic effect of whatever your brain is thinking and feeling.

If you are having the experience of anxiety, your body is making adrenaline and cortisone, if you are having the experience of tranquility, your body starts making valium, if you are having the experience of exhilaration and joy, your body makes interleukins and interferons which are powerful anti-cancer drugs. So, your body is constantly converting your experiences into molecules.

When we find delight in another person, we've actually found something joyful inside ourselves that involves a shift in our awareness, a shift in our perception, because the same person is not necessarily attractive to other people.In relationship, whenever we're drawn to someone or repelled by someone, they're both mirrors of the self. We're attracted to people in whom we find traits that we want or desire in our own selves. And we are repelled by people in whom we find traits that we're denying in ourselves. So relationship is a true mirror of where we are in our evolution in consciousness.

In every failure lies the seeds of success.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

When we don't nourish ourselves with fresh, healthy food, restful sleep, regular exercise, a daily spiritual practice such as meditation or journaling, and other mind-body healing habits, we will inevitably feel tired, out of balance, irritable, and sometimes even depressed.

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

...once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds will protect you from evil. Building a fortress and defending yourself behind it will only make you more vulnerable. Healing your own heart is the single most powerful thing you can do to change the world. Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath. This healing process is like recovering your soul.

The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.

Negative emotions are like unwelcome guests. Just because they show up on our doorstep doesn't mean they have a right to stay.

If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world.

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.

If you want to avoid Alzheimer's disease, sleep 8 hours a night.

To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind.

Once you know who you really are, being is enough. You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone and you have no need for approval because you've awakened to your own infinite worth.

We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom.

All great changes are preceded by chaos.

Negative people deplete your energy. Surround yourself with love and nourishment and do not allow the creation of negativity in your environment.

You give to the world your greatest gift when you're being yourself.

Feel the world, instead of trying to understand the world.

It's hard enough to change ourselves. We can't expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves.

Anger is remembered pain, fear is anticipated pain, guilt is self directed pain, depression is depletion of energy. Cure-return to love& joy

You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. When this realization dawns there is a complete transformation of your personal self into your universal self . . . the complete loss of all fear, including death. You have become a being who radiates love the same way the sun radiates light. You have finally arrived at the place from which your journey began.

Success, wealth, good health and nurturing relationships are by-products of happiness, not the cause.

people are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness.

To define yourself is to limit yourself. Without labels you remain the infinite being.

The Universe contains three things that cannot be destroyed; Being, Awareness and LOVE

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

Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you've made in the past.

Now is the moment that never ends.

There is a light within each of us that can never be diminished or extinguished. It can only be obscured by forgetting who we are

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.

Beyond the mind, at the deepest level of consciousnesss, resides the spirit. This is the part of us that is eternal, unchanging, and imbued with pure unlimited potential. Tapping into this potential is what enables us to manifest miracles.

The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention. Whatever you pay attention to will grow more important in your life. There is no limit to the kinds of changes that awareness can produce.

The ultimate goal of all goals is to be happy. If you want to be happy make someone else happy.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

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.

Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.

Give up being right. Instead radiate peace, harmony, love, and laughter from your heart.

Before making a decision, ask inside for guidance. Be patient and await an answer. Act only when you feel calm and certain.

Abundance, like everything else in the universe, is simply a specific arrangement of energy and information. With our intention, we can change the energy, add new information, and manifest whatever we want, need, or desire. Abundance is unlimited, unbounded, and always available.

If you have your full attention in the moment, you will see only love.

In our imaginations we believe that love is apart from us. Actually there is nothing but love, once we are ready to accept it. When you truly find love, you find yourself

We need to go back to our relationship with nature and understand that those trees are our lungs. The earth is recycling as our body. The rivers are our circulation. This air is our breath. And the star stuff, the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen that comes from distant galaxies is actually the molecules of your body.

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

Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give whatever the beloved wants. Surrender is being alert to exactly what is happening now, not imposing expectations from the past. Surrender is faith that the power of love can accomplish anything, even when you cannot foresee the outcome of a situation.

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.

Long-term meditators can have a biological age 5 to 12 years younger than their chronological age.

It is much more beneficial to your health if you feel your way through life than think your way through life.

The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.

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.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

The true spiritual secret is this: what you seek, you already are. True success is discovering your inner divinity~ it's the ability to love and have compassion, trust your intuition, and awaken to your unlimited creative nature.

The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation.. What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Replace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking. Every time you’re making a choice, ask yourself if it’s going to cultivate the experience of unity and love or the experience of separation and stress.

When you struggle against this moment, you're actually struggling against the entire universe. Instead, you can make the decision that today you will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. This means that your acceptance of this moment is total and complete. You accept things as they are, not as you wish they were in this moment. This is important to understand. You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

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.

The soul knows everything. Be who you are and your life will transform forever.

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

Laughter is Humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Gratitude is one of the most effective ways of getting in touch with your soul.

Choice is the key, because human beings are the only creatures who can choose to evolve, who can shape their destiny. Furthermore, we have been given the gift of "self-awareness," which allows us to step back into our true selves to observe and use our brains to create the world we wish to live in.

One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do. The minute you say 'my memory isn't what it used to be' or 'I can't remember a thing today.' You are actually training your brain to live up to your diminished expectations.

Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant.

Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT.

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.

If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

When you look at the whole package of energy, the food you eat should match the story you want to live, which means: as fresh as possible, without dullness, repetition, and routine. As colorful as possible, giving delight to the eyes; food is a rainbow brought down to earth. As cheerful as possible, maximizing moments of happiness and pleasure.

The world "out there" won't change until the world "in here" does.

A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.

My Intent today is to expand the flow of abundance through the energy of gratitude.

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.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

Each of us plays four roles in relation to the brain. We lead, we inspire, we invent, and we use it. Most people do not actively use their brains. They passively let their feelings and thoughts control their lives. They don't invent new ways to use their brains, either, settling instead for the same routine and repetitive thoughts every day. But if you master all four roles, you create your super brain. When you are the active observer of your feelings and thoughts, you become the user of your brain. Your super brain then serves you, not vice versa.

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.

That silent gap between your thoughts is your window to the cosmic mind.

In my stillness I am the eternal possibility. In my movement I am the cosmos.

Daydream, imagine, and reflect. It’s the source of infinite creativity.

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.

Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.

The fifty trillion cells in your body are constantly talking to each other as they keep your heart beating, digest your food, eliminate toxins, protect you from infection and disease, and carry out the countless other functions that keep you alive. While these processes may seem out of your conscious control, hundreds of studies have shown that nothing holds more power over the body than the mind.

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that's what it is.

Be willing to redefine yourself every day.

I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous.

The universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yourself.

Withhold no good impulse. You may fear that you will run to excess and squander too much, but those feelings are born of fear. In God's reality, the more you give of yourself-in feeling, generosity, self-expression, goodness, creativity, and love-the more you will be given.

If your attention is focused only on the result, then you are no longer in the process. But if you're in the process, then the result is guaranteed.

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

Thinking happy thoughts literally creates a positive chemical change in the brain which stimulates both positive physical and psychological benefits.

If you had all the money and all the time in the world, what would you do?!

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

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

The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self.

Stop repeating what never worked in the first place. Stand back and ask for a new solution.

The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.

When you make a choice, you change the future.

If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.