Play Quotes

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays. Friedrich von Schiller

Life must be lived as play. Plato

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are. Ovid

It is a happy talent to know how to play. Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play. Heraclitus

Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning…They have to play with what they know to be true in order to find out more, and then they can use what they learn in new forms of play. Fred Rogers