#game

Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities. ↗

— Daniel Suarez

#human #mammals #nature #play #nature

Take someone who doesn't keep score, who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he's free. ↗

— Rumi

#games #open-secret #quatrains #secret

Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding,” Joseph exclaimed. “If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be interpreted one way and then again interpreted in the opposite sense. The whole of world history can be explained as development and progress and can also be seen as nothing but decadence and meaninglessness. Isn’t there any truth? Is there no real and valid doctrine?” The master had never heard him speak so fervently. He walked on in silence for a little, then said: “There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught. Be prepared for conflicts, Joseph Knecht - I can see that they already have begun. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#dogma #game #glass #philosophy #truth

I am terrible at video games and I am really competitive. And if I am not the best at something, I go absolutely crazy! ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#am #best #competitive #crazy #games

Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned. ↗

— Bill Scott

#being #critical #does #everything #faced

I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. But there's only the same look of amusement that ended our last conversation. It's as if he's speaking the words again. "Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other." He's right. We did. The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#book #coin #collins #dead #end

Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. ↗

— Finnick Odair Mockingjay

#inspirational #mockingjay #inspirational

When I first saw you, you were like a flood of sunshine. All the others wanted to kill you. They thought I was crazy. They laughed...." He means the other Shadow Men, Jenny thought. "But I knew, and I watched you. You grew up and got more beautiful. You were so different from anything in my world. The others just watched, but I wanted you. Not to kill or to use up the way --the way they do with humans sometimes here. I needed you." [...] "I couldn't see anything else, couldn't hear anything else. All I could think about was you. I wouldn't let anyone else hurt you, ever. I knew I had to have you, no matter what happend. They said I was crazy with love. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#julian #mining-cave #the-game #beauty

From the way of Go the beauty of Japan and the Orient had fled. Everything had become science and regulation. ↗

— Yasunari Kawabata

#games #go #japan #orient #beauty

He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#cricket #description #game #play #life