Natural Play Quotes

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Khalil Gibran

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.58, Lulu.com

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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

John Muir

Life, Strength, Beauty

John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.814, Library of America

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To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub.

William Shakespeare

Death, Suicide, Dream

'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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To die: - to sleep: No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.

William Shakespeare

Death, Sleep, Heart

'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life; and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice. The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.

Michel de Montaigne

War, Book, Exercise

"The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne".

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It takes time--loose, unstructured dreamtime-- to experience nature in a meaningful way. Unless parents are vigilant, such time becomes a scarce resource, not because we intend it to shrink, but because time is consumed by multiple, invisible forces; because our culture currently places so little value on natural play.

Richard Louv

Meaningful, Play, Parent

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Natural play strengthens children's self-confidence and arouses their senses-their awareness of the world and all that moves in it, seen and unseen.

Richard Louv

Nature, Children, Moving

Richard Louv (2013). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.148, Atlantic Books Ltd

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To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.

Richard Louv

Nature, Children, Oxygen

Richard Louv (2013). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.90, Atlantic Books Ltd

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Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

Christina Hoff Sommers

Boys, Play, Different

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