“You can do anything with children if only you play with them”
German Proverb
“Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.”
Martin Mull
“From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest”
Rabindranath Tagore
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
Fred Rogers
“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.”
Plato