Deepak Chopra Ss Quotations

I do not believe in meaningless coincidences. I believe every coincidence is a message, a clue about a particular facet of our lives that requires our attention.

True success is the progressive expansion of happiness. It is the ability to express spontaneous joy and share it with others.

A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses, is not flawed but complete.

We have the power to make reality. Why make it inside boundaries, when the boundless is so near?

In every conversation I've had - with housewives in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums - everyone says there is an underlying consciousness of karma. That people believe in karma - that what you're putting out is going to come back. If I do something to you, the energy of it is going to come back to me in the future.

God is the evolutionary impulse of the universe. God is infinite creativity, infinite love, infinite compassion, infinite caring.

The cosmos is structured to bring about growth, and growth is always in the direction of greater love and happiness.

Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful

When your creative expressions match the needs of you fellow humans, then wealth will spontaneously manifest.

To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving.

You don't need others to change in order to be happy.

Human nature is divided; it contains both darkness and light. You can choose to accept the darkness and lament it, or you can choose to expand the light until the darkness no longer dominates.

You will find inner ecstasy when you can be reckless in love.

Being fully in the present, you experience the timeless. In the timeless, you find your true self.

Optimism invites us to reach higher and become the fullest expression of our intentions

Inside each person is a divine being that yearns to come into full expression

I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that, it doesn't mean I'm going to miss my train, it just means that I'm not thinking about it right now because I'm speaking to you.

Nothing has more power to transform than awareness. When you become complete inside yourself, the worst conditions don't matter.

While the pressures of life are inevitable, if at the end of the day you are unable to completely let go of the day and return to a calm, centered inner state, you are overstressed.

Bliss cannot be found by remembering the past or anticipating the future.

When awareness is completely balanced, communicating with the outside world is instantaneous and automatic. It happens with the touch of thought.

Happiness is the ultimate goal...The mistake we make is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else would follow.

The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.

The goal of all goals is happiness, and our emotions are like road signs on that journey toward the goal of happiness.

Seriousness is equated with responsibility, when, in fact, I think we would be much more responsible if we had more joy and laughter in our lives.

Real bliss is to have peace of mind.

Our collective future depends on opening channels of compassion, acceptance, and understanding of others.

Compassion is subtler than Vitamin C, but both are real needs.

The act of paying attention contains tremendous power.

At the most subtle level, your inner intelligence is steadily progressing along the corridors of eternity.

Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.

Most of us have no idea what we can do because we are totally conditioned by the past. Our memories, beliefs, assumptions, prejudices, and stresses conspire to trap us in one boundary after another. We need to escape from this.

Once you master how your own consciousness operates, anything can be desired and achieved.

The inner experience of meditation can be had without any kind of forced discipline. The outer trappings - how one sits, breathes, dresses, and so forth - are irrelevant.

Time is an experience in consciousness. It is metabolized as our biological clock. Changing our experience of time can reverse aging.

In order to be not bound by the tether of time, we must have a relationship with the timeless.

Space and time are "sensed" not seen. They are created in consciousness which is spaceless and timeless.

Relationships that begin in passion's raging fire often end in the coldest ashes.

Unbounded awareness is the reservoir of possibilities.

Life is about fulfillment. If your life isn't fulfilled, your stomach can never supply what's missing.

The highest intention comes from love and compassion ... when our intentions come from a place of love and compassion then we have the power of the universe.

Most people talk about fear of the unknown, but if there is anything to fear, it is the known.

Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where every desire we have must come true, because inherent in having the desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.

Like a cube of ice, anger cannot be eliminated by applying force, only by applying warmth, compassion and kindness.

The evolution of the universe depends on the participation of each and every person. . . From your soul's perspective, you are as great an addition to the world as Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa, and subtracting you from the cosmic equation would be just as great a loss. The most exquisite silk remains intact if you pull out a thread, but the snag will show.

What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.

Our consciousness is our contribution to reality. What we perceive as real, becomes real.

The healthiest people were those who didn't spend money that they hadn't earned, to buy things that they didn't need, to impress people that they didn't like.

Life is a metaphor for what's happening in your consciousness.

We either allow our past to keep interfering with our optimal expression of love and happiness, or we can move beyond our past with renewed passion for life

The essence of wisdom is to see that there is always a solution once you realize that the mind, which seems to create so much suffering, has infinite potential to create fulfillment instead.

Go first class all the way and the universe will respond by giving you the best.

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.

To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now.

One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending.

In your present-moment awareness, awaken to your innocence, your trust, your love, your eternal being.

Accept that living in the present moment, with your present desires, is the best, the highest thing you can do.

The essence of God is consciousness. Consciousness can be used for either violence or peace; the choice is ours. When it is expanded, human consciousness chooses non-violence, since that is compatible with love.

Mindfulness creates centered awareness. When you do one thing at a time, you're guaranteed excellent results. If you do too many things simultaneously, it messes up your neural circuits. Focus on one thing at a time.

Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.

Soul loss is regarded as the most serious diagnosis and the single greatest cause of premature death or serious illness by the traditionals, and it's not even mentioned in our Western medical textbooks.

Such a person needs meditation more than anyone else because they are headed for a crisis. If stress and anxiety are so great that you can't even imagine a calm clear mind, that indicates you are reaching your coping limits, and need to begin something like meditation just for the stress reduction benefits.

The people who do the most extraordinary things in the world are never "realistic." They're passionate. They trust themselves.

When you say, "I have a sad heart," then you literally have a sad heart. If we looked inside your heart, we would find it affected by molecules that cause stress and damage, such as excessive amounts of adrenaline and cortisol.

Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.

There will never be a time when your life is not this moment.

Every second of time is a doorway to unbounded possibilities. Yet if you are not open to them, these possibilities shrink.

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.

Knowledge of any kind ... brings about a change in awareness from where it is possible to create new realities.

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

Having everything is just an expression of complete inner freedom.

Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering.

As you take steps to expand your awareness, you will naturally find yourself harnessing your mind's infinite power to create greater health, happiness, and love in your life.

Bliss is not a feeling but a state of being. In the state of bliss, everything is loved.

As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the worst possible thing. It's better to be outrageous. It's better to hang out with the sages, the people open to possibilities, even the psychotics. You never know where you'll find the geniuses of our society.

Your awareness has its source in unity. Instead of seeking outside yourself, go to the source to realize who you are.

What we don't recognize is that holding onto resentment is like holding onto your breath. You'll soon start to suffocate.

Why are we here? We exist not to pursue happiness, which is fleeting, or outer accomplishment, which can always be bettered. We are here to nourish the self.

If you could really see that tree over there," Merlin said, "you would be so astounded that you'd fall over." "Really? But why?" asked Arthur. "It's just a tree." "No," Merlin said, "It's just a tree in your mind. To another mind it is an expression of infinite spirit and beauty. In God's mind it is a dear child, sweeter than anything you can imagine.

My body is a projection of my consciousness.

Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.

The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.

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

I place my intention into the vast ocean of all possibilities and allow the universe to work through me.

Love dances in the freshness of the unknown

Awareness isn't passive. It directly leads to action (or inaction).

To bring yourself love and happiness, do what you can to bring them to others.

Gratitude is a state of being in which we feel connected to everything in the universe. It is a fullness of the heart that recognizes the blessings of Nature within and without. Gratitude is love for the goodness of life itself.

Love is an aspect of being, and when you act from being, the power you draw on is limitless because it comes from the source.

Passively accepting your sadness is the same as forgetting to build your own happiness. Happiness is more than a mood. It's a long-lasting state that is more accurately called well-being.

Become aware of the silent witness that is observing the unfolding of all the external events of your life. This eternal presence is your true Self.

Meditation is one of the most direct and powerful ways to awaken to who we really are and to experience happiness as a state of consciousness that already exists within us.

The key to lasting happiness is to stop looking for it, and to know that you already have it.

What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

Learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery, and enchantment.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world--and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.

We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.

Victims always feel alone and helpless.

Passivity is the same as defending injustice.