A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

James P. Carse
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  1. Never give all the heart, for love Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem Certain, and they never dream That it fades out from kiss to kiss; For everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy, kind delight. O Never... - W.b. Yeats

  2. This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. - Alan W. Watts

  3. Life is more fun if you play games. - Roald Dahl

  4. Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. - Louisa May Alcott

  5. Time is a game played beautifully by children. - Heraclitus

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  1. To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

  2. To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence will happen. On the contrary, when we are playful… everything that happens is of consequence, for seriousness is a dread of the unpredictable outcome of open possibility....

  3. What will undo any boundary is the awareness that it is our vision, and not what we are viewing, that is limited.

  4. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

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