Deepak Chopra

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.

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.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.

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.

To think is to practice brain chemistry.

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.

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.

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

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

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

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

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