Quotes

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

“A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.” Deepak Chopra

“All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome.” Deepak Chopra

“All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.” Deepak Chopra

“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

“Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.” Deepak Chopra

“I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.” Deepak Chopra

“Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.” Deepak Chopra

“Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.” Deepak Chopra

“No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions.” Deepak Chopra

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

“Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child's version of it cannot be the same as an old person's.” Deepak Chopra

“Consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes the activity of the body.” Deepak Chopra

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

“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

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

“Preventive medicine isn't part of a physician's everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery.” Deepak Chopra

“The fear of death comes from limited awareness.” Deepak Chopra

“Your immune cells are like a circulating nervous system. Your nervous system in fact is a circulating nervous system. It thinks. It's conscious.” Deepak Chopra

“I like Muhammad a lot, because he's like us more than anybody else. Jesus is just so exalted, and Buddha is just so exalted, it's almost beyond our reach.” Deepak Chopra

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

“Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good.” Deepak Chopra

“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

“My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist.” Deepak Chopra

“Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.” Deepak Chopra

“So the universe is constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.” Deepak Chopra

“Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.” Deepak Chopra

“The masculine energy was about survival. The male was the hunter who risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.” Deepak Chopra

“We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure.” Deepak Chopra

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