21 phrases about the important thing in life pronounced by wise men

We have collected the lessons from some of the wisest people we’ve ever talked to in the history of our magazine. Remember the answers of these authors about What do you consider essential to lead a fulfilling life?what are your self care habitswhat they expected from the future or what are the most valuable life lessons allows us to look to the future with hope, serenity and inspiration.

From each of their perspectives we have extracted a motivational quote that can hide a personal purpose for the coming year.

What do happiness, personal development or well-being consist of for each of these voices? We encourage you to discover it.

“All matters can be grasped with two handles.”

Lou Marinoff, author of More Plato and Less Prozac

The essential: Live each day with as much intensity as possible, favoring above all the productive and creative states of mind.How I take care of myself: I eat healthy, I go to the gym, I play the guitar, I play tennis, I spend my best hours writing and I entertain my mind with philosophical thoughts.An experience or wish: A very good learning opportunity for me is to apply a maxim from Epictetus, the Greek Stoic, to daily life. Epictetus said: “All matters have two handles: for one they are manageable, for the other not.” How is it put into practice? When a situation seems unbearable to you, try to find the other handle. It is always there, even if your own mental state sometimes prevents you from seeing it. My wish is that you find that other handle that helps to carry everything, whenever you need it.

“Music is a pleasure other than normal pleasures, superior to them.”

Francisco J. Rubia, neuroscientist and author of the brain deceives us

The essential: Live it intensely. She has always interested me in almost everything, especially the different fields of knowledge. Also music, and not just listen to it, but practice it. It is a pleasure different from normal pleasures, but superior to them.How I take care of myself: So far I have not had any serious health problems and I think it is best not to worry.An experience or wish: The most interesting experience I have had in my life has been to become financially independent by moving to another country and paying for my studies by working on vacations in various trades. The feeling of being the protagonist of my own destiny and, at the same time, learning languages ​​is extremely gratifying. I have no wishes for the future, except to continue working on my own formation until the end.

“The best opportunities are in setbacks”

Annemarie Colbin, author of The healing power of food

The essential: A happy and healthy family. Good health and a well-functioning brain. Living in a place where I can pursue my dreams.How I take care of myself: I use food as my best ally, preferring whenever I can whole, natural and organically grown foods. I regularly use alternative medicines such as acupuncture, phytotherapy or chiropractic.An experience or wish: The best learning opportunities are found in life’s setbacks, challenges and difficulties. My wish for the future is that we recognize each other as beings learning lessons, and that we respect and appreciate our respective strengths and abilities to help build a better world.

“We are responsible for our own health and well-being”

Andrew Weil, physician and writer specializing in natural therapies

The essential: The balance between work and leisure, activity and rest, the mental and the physical.How I take care of myself: I take care of my own health by following the same advice that I give to others. I eat well (I grow and cook many of the foods in my diet), I swim or walk every day, I practice breathing exercises and meditation to reduce stress, I spend time in nature…An experience or wish: The world seems more and more difficult as the years go by, so it is important to learn how to protect and enhance your own well-being. Without health, everything else loses its value in life. We are responsible for our own health and well-being. And it is up to us to inform ourselves well about how to do it.

“I am grateful to find a little wisdom”

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, author of Flow

The essential: Fresh air, good food. The company of my wife, my children and my grandchildren. Pay attention to what I think, without distractions.How I take care of myself: With moderation. I am grateful to my organs for working well. I praise them often.An experience or wish: When I was ten years old, World War II was ending and the world around me was falling apart. Since I don’t expect much since then, I am always grateful to find even a little bit of wisdom or intelligence. That’s why I like the scientific method: it requires skepticism but is always open to new discoveries.

“The truth demands to look without fear”

Gabor Maté, physician and author of The price of stress.

The essential: Go in search of the truth, do not settle for what is taken for granted. From a medical point of view, it is to look for the connection between apparently unconnected facts.How I take care of myself: To stay healthy you have to attend to and balance the five pillars of health: physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual.An experience or wish: The best teaching I have received and continue to receive from the Buddha, Jesus, the Sufi masters and spiritual warriors like Saint John of the Cross is that the truth of our individual lives, like that of the universe, demands that we look without fear towards the outside world, enlightened for a courageous inner reflection.

“I try to live from the heart more than from the head”

Janet Balaskas, natural childbirth expert

The essential: Love, which begins at birth, when the hormones of natural childbirth infuse mother and baby with ecstatic levels of love and deep bonding.How I take care of myself: Yoga connects me every day to inner stillness and the presence of a universal source of life. I love walking outdoors. I eat organic foods in moderation. I try to live from my heart rather than my head, and trust my intuition and instincts.An experience or wish: My four children and my four grandchildren have taught me everything I know: I love to see life with the innocence of a child. My wish is that our society places greater value on love, human relationships and pregnant women.

“When you get up from the ground after a fall, you come out stronger”

Lluis Serra-Majem, President of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation

The essential: Family and personal harmony.How I take care of myself: With my diet, rest, exercise, a constructive attitude and nature.An experience or wish: The best lessons come from the ability to rebuild from the ashes. When getting up from the ground after a fall, one comes out stronger. I experienced the loss of my daughter Yaiza, the worst of losses, and every day of my life that amputation strengthens me and gives me balance. It’s my secret vitamin. I like to sow an idea and see how it grows over time thanks to the efforts of many. In the Canary Islands, this process has left a clear message: what seemed inevitable (diabetes, obesity…) is no longer so! My best wish in this sense is to never lose illusion or hope.

“I take things as they come”

Namka Rinpoche, Tibetan lama

The essential: My main goal is to explain to people how to practice patience or forgiveness, teach compassion and meditation.How I take care of myself: I don’t do anything in particular to be healthy. I always pray to the Three Jewels so that whatever my past karma may come to me in this life. I take things as they come.An experience or wish: I have understood that my own well-being must be secondary to that of others; and that, if you pursue your own happiness, you find suffering in this life and the next. My wish is that there are no wars or damage to the 4 elements and that all living beings find peace and happiness.

“I love words: dialogue, a good conversation, a good book”

Álex Rovira, author of the inner compass

The essential: Those whom I love and for whom I feel loved. Also nature. And finally, words: dialogue, a good conversation, a good book.How I take care of myself: The physical dimension, through walking and swimming. The emotional, with psychoanalysis. The intellectual, reading about universes that interest me. The spiritual, generating moments of solitude for reflection and meditation.An experience or wish: My wish for the future revolves around three elements that necessarily go together: love, awareness and peace. Our challenge is to cultivate these three dimensions to face the challenges through dialogue, cooperation and the systemic and ecological vision of reality.

“Being happy with little is difficult; being happy with a lot is impossible”

Jaume Roselló, first editor of Integral and Cuerpomente magazines

The essential: Discover the mystery of little things and their message. It is good for me to observe and select the thousands of daily thoughts and enjoy more often in the attempt to stop time. And the fight with the four enemies: fear, the clarity that appears after defeating it, the power that this clarity grants, and the temptation to rest after the task. Understanding that being happy with little is difficult, but being happy with a lot is impossible.how i take care of myself: I follow a vegetarian diet without refined white sugar and with supplements (coenzyme Q-10, wheat germ, zinc, selenium… ).An experience or wish: That people can better handle the desires and images that we create without ceasing. That, after a bit of learning, everyone who wants to can make the first communion (the real one), because the psychedelic experience can be a good reference to live with more attention. And that we live pain as something inevitable, knowing that suffering is optional.

“Having brain cancer gave depth to my life”

David Servan-Schreiber, psychiatrist and author of anticancer

The essential: The deep connection in my relationships: with my partner, with my son, with my brothers, with my friends, with the people I work with. Relationships are what gives my life the most meaning. And I can’t conceive of a meaningless life…How I take care of myself: I do some yoga and meditation every morning (often when I get up). I pay attention to everything I eat so that it is pleasurable, nourishes me and maintains my health. I bike to all my meetings and appointments, and I try to run or play squash when I can. I make sure my work makes sense to me. I also just breathe often, and deeply!An experience or wish: At the age of 31 I found out that I had brain cancer. That changed my life forever. It gave it more depth and meaning, made it more exciting, and led me to a strong commitment to love and health. I am now 47 years old and much healthier and happier than before I had cancer…

“Happiness is not found in what you want but in what we have with us”

Joaquín Muñoz, reflex therapist at the Johan Cruyff Foundation

The essential: True respect and commitment to oneself, being aware that true happiness is not found in what you want to achieve…