Quotes from Deepak Chopra

We all want to experience more happiness, fulfillment, and peace.

In every failure lies the seeds of success.

In every perceived failure or setback is the seed of success.

If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world…you should have faith in yourself.

We may assume that we are in control of our responses to the world, but that's far from the case. If two people can see the same thing and have opposite reactions, their responses are controlling them, not the other way around.

If you live the questions, life will move you into the answers.

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.

Don't regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt.

Fear is the emotion behind hatred. Fear comes when you are threatened either physically or emotionally or psychologically.

In reality there is nothing to fear in the present. Fear is projected onto the present by memory.

Laughter allows us to get past the fear of death.

The fear of death comes from limited awareness.

We feel secure with things we can see or touch.

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.

Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence.

Although yoga is commonly portrayed as a popular fitness trend, it's actually the core of the Vedic science that developed in the Indus Valley more than 5,000 years ago.

Don't eat processed food, refined food but rather organic food from the earth - nothing with genetically - modified ingredients.

Foods to eliminate or minimize include items that are canned, frozen, microwaved, or highly processed. Focus on eating a variety of fresh and freshly-prepared food.

When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a ritual of celebration.

One person's enemy is another person's best friend. My favorite food might give you a rash.

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

Forgiveness in the heart comes about when the walls of separation in the mind fall.

Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both.

Freedom is Letting Go.