"Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its own sake, as with children's play, or as manifestation of the end or goal of work, as in "playing" chess or the piano. Play in this sense, then, is the fulfillment of work, the exhibition of what the work has been done for."

-- Northrop Frye

#Children Quotes #Work Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The mind of a child is where the Revolution begins,”
“A lot of cultures believe you take the placenta and you bury it and plant something.”
“When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.”

Source : Thomas Paine (2016). “THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…”, p.724, e-artnow
“After fifty years of living, it occurs to me that the most significant thing that people do is go to work, whether it is to go to work on their novel or at the assembly plant or fixing somebody's teeth.”
“Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.”
“No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy.”
“It's the ordinary things that seem important to me.”
“If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.”

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