Deepak Chopra Quotes

The true success is the person who invented himself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

We are constantly creating ourselves by what we move toward or away from.

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

I make me. At 18, I decided I wasn't going to have an unconstructed self ever. I was going to be the composer, the designer, the architect of me. It's been really fun.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

I design therefore I become.

I invented myself.

Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

Your definition of who you are is your prison. You can set yourself free at any time.

The mantra is forget your size discover your shape and transform yourself.

From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art.

You are the masterpiece of your own life. You are the Michelangelo of your own life. The David you are sculpturing is you (Dr. Joe Vitale)

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing.