Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

by Héctor García

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.”

We don’t create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them.

There is no future, no past. There is only the present.

Technology is great, if we’re in control of it. It’s not so great if it takes control of us.

Can someone really retire if he is passionate about what he does?

Happiness is in the doing, not in the result.

“To live a long time you need to do three things: exercise to stay healthy, eat well, and spend time with people.”

“Talking each day with the people you love, that’s the secret to a long life.”

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.