Deepak Chopra

“Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others.”

“There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our...”

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

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

“Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodne...”

“Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.”

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

“New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, e...”

“People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - n...”

“We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains all the time.”

“There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“My own training is in the field of neuroendocrinology and I really became very fascinated many years ago with the molecules of emotion, molecules that we call neuropeptides.”