I think a lot of the misery that people experience comes from that sensation of boundlessness, of infinite possibility.

If you start the day not really expecting substantial change, but anticipating some small new revelation or some small alteration, then over time you're able to find them in more places.

We don't like to think of ourselves as subject to the forces of the world, we like to think of ourselves as exerting that force.

Play isn't you being clever, or finding a trick, or finding a way of covering over your own misery, or persuading someone to do what you want. It's the process of working with the materials that you find and discovering what's possible with them.

The whole idea of play is in finding, acknowledging, and then working with the natural constraints and limitations that you find in the world.

The universe is not particularly concerned with you.

God will not speak to me and tell me to mow my lawn today.