2151  You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

2822  “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.”

1418  The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

860  A small part of your life is lived by you, the rest is taken by others to play with

764  If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.