John Thorn Quotes

Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance.

I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.

Never allow children to be without delights.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Play begins as a major feature of mammalian evolution and remains as a major method of becoming reconciled with our present universe.

Play is really the work of childhood.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play.

The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

We know when children have a place to play they live healthier, happier lives.

Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.

Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more of it. It is the work of childhood. We hope to intrinsically change the opinion that play is not just a luxury but an absolute necessity for kids' lives.

Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving.

I just like seeing kids inspired.

Play is the work of childhood.

I believe a child's most important job is to explore the world around them through play.

People who play are happier people. And people who don't have access to play tend to be depressed.

By playing, you learn.

Forget about teaching the children about numbers and colors and the like, and just play with them.

Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

I'd like it to be remembered as you had some fun. We're only here [living] for some fun. I think if you learn something, all well and good, but we're only here to give you some fun. Along the way, you may find out something.

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good

The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.

I think our main priority is to make people happy and try to take them out of all that for a second.