Play is the way that human beings learn about the world. That's how we discover how things work.

A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.

Play is free movement within a more rigid structure.

Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.

Dependence on the Lord is wisdom and self-reliance is foolishness. But dependence on the Lord does not mean laziness, it means prayerful action and patient perseverance...

We must stop calling the looting of our national wealth, a share in the national cake.

Huizi would say, never look back to the past. Never regret. Even if there is emptiness ahead, never look back.

The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.

My greatest gift ever is public embarrassment and shame

I woke up and realized life is great and people are awesome and life is worth living.

Literally, these [heels] slow you down.

We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

One-half plus one-half does not equal one; one whole plus one whole equals relational wholeness.