“Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.”

“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”

“In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with.”

“I believe that most of us construct a merciful deception between ourselves and the consequences of our existence in order that we do not succumb to despair.”

“We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.”

“this is life and all there is of life; to play the game, to play the cards we get; play them uncomplainingly and play them to the end. the playing of the game is the foregetting of self and play it bravely to the end”