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“Even the simple act that we call "going to visit a person of our acquaintance" is in part an intellectual act. We fill the physical appearance of the person we see with all the notions we have about him, and in the totality of our impressions about him, these notions play the most important role.”

Persons Important Play Simple Roles Society Intellectual Notion Appearance Impression Acquaintance Totality Physical Appearance

Author:Marcel Proust

“The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life? That you are here - that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”

May Play Powerful Society Identity Goes On Poetry Is Verses So Sad Leaves Of Grass Recurring Dead Poets Society Dead Poets

Book:Leaves of Grass

Source: Leaves of Grass

“The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.”

Life May Play Powerful Society Goes On Verses Leaves Of Grass Dead Poets Society Dead Poets

Book:Leaves of Grass

Source: Leaves of Grass

“The more you become a part of society, the less and less you are an individual, the less and less you are spontaneous - because the very membership in the society will not allow you to be spontaneous. You will have to follow the rules of the game. If you enter a society, you accept to follow those rules that the society is playing, or has decided to play.”

Ifs Play Games Individual Accepting Society Decided Spontaneous Membership Rules Of The Game Be Spontaneous

Author:Rajneesh

“When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own parents and children as well as the parents and children of others. The old are cared for, adults have jobs, children are nourished and educated. There is a means of support for all those who are disabled or find themselves alone in the world. Everyone has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Devotion to public duty leaves no place for idleness. Scheming for ill gain is unknown. Sharing displaces selfishness and materialism.”

“We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound, the spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.”

Ifs Ends Self Play Science Sound Roles Progress Society Satisfied Discussion Extremist Complacent Gadflies

Author:Abraham Flexner

“Man is a luxury-loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.”

People Men Enough Play Turns Wealth Animal Society Serious Creatures Rational Luxury Fancy Dull Tempted Energetic Stagnant Subsistence Sluggish

Author:Eric Hoffer

“Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?”

Children Play Society Pleasant Creeps

Author:Epictetus

“Imagine a world without play… Creativity dies, relationships become transactional, and joy disappears.”

Play Joy Imagination Creativity Society Mindfulness Resilience Wellness Connection Human Condition

Book:Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction