A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
Interpretation
Play is essential to the essence of childhood, and neglecting it in adulthood signifies a loss of innocence and joy.
This quote by Pablo Neruda emphasizes the importance of play in childhood development and suggests that it is a fundamental aspect of being a child. Furthermore, it warns that as adults, those who abandon play lose touch with their inner child, leading to a lingering sense of loss and regret for the joy and creativity that comes from playfulness.
In practice
In a motivational speech about maintaining creativity in the workplace.
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this time puts its burning fingers to our faces. Who will erase the ruthlessness hidden in innocent blood?
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.” - Verb.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.
Hoping a situation will change keeps you at a distance from your true feelings-sadness, anger, fear. Each of these feelings is best appreciated up close. Feel them deeply, and they will cease to bother you. Hope they'll go away, and they'll bother you all day.
Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.
I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes - it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'Well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all.
In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
I wrote 'Milk' for me. I wrote it for the younger version of me that had no clue that there are people who'd ever fought for my rights.
The Voice of Reason is in us all...and everyone can recognize it because it makes sense and everyone benefits from it equally.
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