• “treat everyone like a brother, even if you’ve never met them before.”
• ikigai is the reason we get up in the morning.
• most health problems are caused by stress.
• the greater the stress, the greater the degenerative effect on cells.
• it’s important to reflect on what we hope to achieve before starting to work, study, or make something.
• penultimate town before Cape Hedo, the northernmost point
• the people who live longest are not the ones who do the most exercise but rather the ones who move the most.
• Worrying about things that are beyond our control accomplishes nothing.
• Both Buddhism and Stoicism remind us that the present is all that exists, and it is the only thing we can control.
• We should never forget that everything we have and all the people we love will disappear at some point. This
• We should never forget that everything we have and all the people we love will disappear at some point.
• Being aware of the impermanence of things does not have to make us sad; it should help us love the present moment and those who surround
• ichi-go ichi-e, which could be translated as “This moment exists only now and won’t come again.”
• of not putting all your eggs in one basket. In the sphere of romantic relationships, there are those who focus all their energy on their partner and make him or her their whole world. Those people lose everything if the relationship doesn’t work out, whereas if they’ve cultivated strong friendships and a full life along the way, they’ll be in a better position to move on at the end of a relationship.
• In the sphere of romantic relationships, there are those who focus all their energy on their partner and make him or her their whole world. Those people lose everything if the relationship doesn’t work out, whereas if they’ve cultivated strong friendships and a full life along the way, they’ll be in a better position to move on at the end of a relationship.
• the unexpected always happens, sooner or later.
• To build resilience into our lives, we shouldn’t fear adversity, because each setback is an opportunity for growth.