Top 60 Hector Garcia Puigcerver Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Life is pure imperfection, as the philosophy of wabi-sabi teaches us, and the passage of time shows us that everything is fleeting, but if you have a clear sense of your ikigai, each moment will hold so many possibilities that it will seem almost like an eternity.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

2. “There is no future, no past. There is only the present.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

3. “We don’t create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is, to welcome them.”

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4. “Happiness is in the doing, not in the result.”

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5. “If you don’t seize the moment, it will be lost forever.”

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6. “We don’t create the meaning of our life, as Sartre claimed – we discover it.”

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7. “The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.”

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8. “It is much more important to have a compass pointing to a concrete objective than to have a map.”

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9. “As the quip attributed to Einstein goes, “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That is relativity.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

10. “There is a tension between what is good for someone and what they want to do. This is because people, especially older people, like to do things as they’ve always done them. The problem is that when the brain develops ingrained habits, it doesn’t need to think anymore. Things get done very quickly and efficiently on automatic pilot, often in a very advantageous way. This creates a tendency to stick to routines, and the only way of breaking these is to confront the brain with new information.”

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11. “Presented with new information, the brain creates new connections and is revitalized. This is why it is so important to expose yourself to change, even if stepping outside your comfort zone means feeling a bit of anxiety.”

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12. “Our ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning.”

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13. “Concentrating on one thing at a time may be the single most important factor in achieving flow.”

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14. “We should never forget that everything we have and all the people we love will disappear at some point. This is something we should keep in mind, but without giving in to pessimism.”

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15. “Only things that are imperfect, incomplete, and ephemeral can truly be beautiful, because only those things resemble the natural world.”

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16. “If you don’t like reality, create another where you can live.”

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17. “Be led by your curiosity, and keep busy by doing things that fill you with meaning and happiness.”

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18. “According to a study by Boston Consulting Group, when asked about their bosses, the number one complaint of employees at multinational corporations is that they don’t “communicate the team’s mission clearly,” and that, as a result, the employees don’t know what their objectives are.”

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19. “Morita explained the idea of letting go of negative feelings with the following fable: A donkey that is tied to a post by a rope will keep walking around the post in an attempt to free itself, only to become more immobilized and attached to the post. The same thing applies to people with obsessive thinking who become more trapped in their own suffering when they try to escape from their fears and discomfort.5.”

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20. “Can someone really retire if he is passionate about what he does?”

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21. “Getting back to Albert Einstein, “a happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell on the future.”4.”

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22. “Okinawans live by the principle of ichariba chode, a local expression that means “treat everyone like a brother, even if you’ve never met them before.” It turns out that one of the secrets to happiness of Ogimi’s residents is feeling like part of a community.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

23. “Hara hachi bu,” which is repeated before or after eating and means something like “Fill your belly to 80 percent.”

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24. “We all have the capacity to do noble or terrible things. The side of the equation we end up on depends on our decisions, not on the condition in which we find ourselves.”

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25. “Sunday neurosis, for example, is what happens when, without the obligations and commitments of the workweek, the individual realizes how empty he is inside.”

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26. “We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die.”

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27. “Metabolism slows down 90 percent after 30 minutes of sitting.”

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28. “There is, in fact, no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense of “leaving the workforce for good.”

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29. “Instead of searching for beauty in perfection, we should look for it in things that are flawed, incomplete.”

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30. “The moment is a jealous lover that demands we give it our all. Every unrepeatable moment is a small oasis of happiness. And many oases together make an ocean of happiness.”

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31. “Based on his own experience, Frankl believed that our health depends on that natural tension that comes from comparing what we’ve accomplished so far with what we’d like to achieve in the future. What we need, then, is not a peaceful existence, but a challenge we can strive to meet by applying all the skills at our disposal.”

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32. “If we want to get better at reaching a state of flow, meditation is an excellent antidote to our smartphones and their notifications constantly clamoring for our attention.”

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33. “Spend no more than twenty minutes on Facebook per day.”

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34. “Artists know how important it is to protect their space, control their environment, and be free of distractions.”

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35. “If we have obsessive thoughts, we should not try to control them or get rid of them. If we do, they become more intense. Regarding human emotions, the Zen master would say, “If we try to get rid of one wave with another, we end up with an infinite sea.” We don’t create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is welcoming them. Morita likened emotions to the weather: We can’t predict or control them; we can only observe them.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

36. “His experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz showed him that “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.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

37. “Even those who claim to be good at multitasking are not very productive. In fact, they are some of the least productive people.”

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

38. “One way to reach a state of mindfulness is through meditation, which helps filter the information that reaches us from the outside world. It can also be achieved through breathing exercises, yoga, and body scans.”

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39. “Doing many different things every day. Always staying busy, but doing one thing at a time, without getting overwhelmed.”

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40. “Stoicism, which centers on the idea that there is nothing wrong with enjoying life’s pleasures as long as they do not take control of your life as you enjoy them. You have to be prepared for those pleasures to disappear.”

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41. “Soaking up a moderate amount of sun each day.”

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42. “Being in a hurry is inversely proportional to quality of.”

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43. “Have a clear, concrete objective.”

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44. “As a rule of thumb, remind yourself: “Rituals over goals.” The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.”

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45. “Stress: Accused of killing longevity.”

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46. “The key is to accept that there are certain things over which we have no control, like the passage of time and the ephemeral nature of the world around us.”

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47. “Be water, my friend.”

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48. “Taking a hit or two can be viewed as either a misfortune or an experience that we can apply to all areas of our lives, as we continually make corrections and set new and better goals.”

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49. “Existential frustration arises when our life is without purpose, or when that purpose is skewed.”

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50. “Fight for yourself.”

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