Deepak Chopra Quotes

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance.

Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.

When I was growing up, hand washing was a ritual, but now it's a necessity. A child dies every 15 seconds from preventable causes, which has got to stop.

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?

We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease.

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.

I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled.

Hygiene is two thirds of health.

The Clintons are walking around on poo. But it’s very clean poo.

Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.

If anything, all homes should have piped water supply and sanitation, which could improve public-health indicators and reduce infant mortality.

Health and hygiene are a basic personal need for all.

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

Infectious diseases have become less prominent as causes of death and disability in regions of improved sanitation and adequate supplies of antibiotics.

I am honoured to be invited by our respected Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi to join the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.' I dedicate myself to this movement and will invite nine other leading Indians to join me in the 'Clean India' campaign.

I think toilets are more important than temples. No matter how many temples we go to, we are not going to get salvation. We need to give priority to toilets and cleanliness.

Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.

Water is life, and clean water means health.

We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.

While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.

I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent contagious diseases.