„The Geschick of being: a child that plays… Why does it play, the great child of the world-play Heraclitus brought into view in the aiôn? It plays, because it plays. The “because” withers away in the play. The play is without “why.”“

— Martin Heidegger

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„The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.“
— Sigmund Freud
„Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!“
— Vladimir Nabokov
„We have no choice, we people of the United States, as to whether or not we shall play a great part in the world. That has been determined to us by fate, by the march of events. We have to play that part. All that we can decide is whether we shall play it well or ill.“
— Theodore Roosevelt
„Aion is a child at play, gambling; a child’s is the kingship. Telesphorus traverses the dark places of the world, like a star flashing from the deep, leading the way to the gates of the sun and the land of dreams.“
— C.G. Jung
„I see the crisis like a theatrical play that concerns the world“
— Vangelis
„No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.“
— Paulo Coelho