“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play… it is war minus the shooting.”
– George Orwell
“There isn’t time – so brief is life – for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. there is only time for loving – & but an instant, so to speak, for that. “
Mark Twain, in a letter to Clara Spaulding, 20 August 1886.
“Culture arises and unfolds in and as play.”
– Johan Huizinga
“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.”
Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe
“Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.” – Leonardo da Vinci
While no doubt this was written about form and art, there is a deeper meditation one could delve into on self and shadow and finding the shape of ones whole soul.
“As we play, we open ourselves to the exploration of our edges, always creating new adventures of self-exploration.”
– Judith-Annette Milburn
Art of Leadership
Leadership is the art of making great movements or communities. It is an act of creativity and requires great crafsmanship–the craftmanship of relationship.
“Maturity begins with the capacity to sense and, in good time and without defensiveness, admit to our own craziness. If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.”
Alain de Botton
“The loveliest things in life are but shadows, and they come and go, and change and fade away…” – Charles Dickens
“Play energizes us and enlivens us. It eases our burdens. It renews our natural sense of optimism and opens us up to new possibilities.” – Stuart Brown
From his book on the science of Play