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Danh ngôn của Johan Huizinga (Sứ mệnh: 8)

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.
History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.
Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning.
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.