When it appears that there is no choice, some form of illusion is operating. Deepak Chopra More Quotes by Deepak Chopra More Quotes From Deepak Chopra People will suffer almost anything, as long as it means they don't have to change. Deepak Chopra longmeanpeople It is much more beneficial to your health if you feel your way through life than think your way through life. Deepak Chopra feelswaythinking When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. Deepak Chopra resourceslastsfighting She was startled. "But you're human, aren't you?" In some ways yes. But in other ways I'm a stranger to your kind. I have a friend who calls you plucked angels, and he claims you're a total waste of spirit. Do you ever think like that?" Of course, in honest moments. But I can be just as honest and think that we aren't a spiritual waste but a spiritual potential waiting to grow. Deepak Chopra angelspiritualthinking In every failure lies the seeds of success. Deepak Chopra seedscuttinglying In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome. Deepak Chopra attachmentletting-gothinking Desire is what leads you through life until the time comes when you desire a higher life. So do not be ashamed that you want so much, yet at the same time do not fool yourself into thinking that what you want today will be enough tomorrow. Deepak Chopra fooldesirethinking Once you know who you really are, being is enough. You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone and you have no need for approval because you've awakened to your own infinite worth. Deepak Chopra infiniteapprovalneeds However good or bad you feel about your relationship, the person you are with at this moment is the "right" person, because he or she is the mirror of who you are inside. Deepak Chopra deep-thoughtmirrorsrelationship If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another. Deepak Chopra rewardsdecisionthinking The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you. Deepak Chopra observersgoal The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear. Deepak Chopra command-and-controlbeing-yourselfspiritual Success, wealth, good health and nurturing relationships are by-products of happiness, not the cause. Deepak Chopra familycauseshappiness The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy. Deepak Chopra gonejoypast If you can accept the flow of life and give in to it, you will be accepting what is real. Only when you accept what is real can you live with it in peace and happiness. The alternative is a struggle that will never end because it is a struggle with the unreal, with a mirage of life instead of life itself. Deepak Chopra realacceptancestruggle Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive. Deepak Chopra forgivinglevelspeople When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself. Deepak Chopra about-yourselfcriticizeblame In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. Deepak Chopra moving-onmoving-forwardletting-go There is a light within each of us that can never be diminished or extinguished. It can only be obscured by forgetting who we are Deepak Chopra light-withinwho-we-arelight The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety. Deepak Chopra anxietycreativityimagination
