A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.

Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying and trying now.

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.

There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

I didn't accomplish what I set out to do, but I realized I had set out to do the wrong things

What's really amazing about games is how they change our emotional response to challenges

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

If you build a wall they won't come.

Ignorance causes pain, but awareness creates happiness. Therefore, look for enlightenment every day.

When you consistently complain about the things you are gifted to do, check your motivation.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.

Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.

When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common!

It doesn't matter if it's fair, that's just the reality of it.

For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart

I was taught in kindergarten: sharing is caring.

It is above all man's social position that decides whether he will sublimate his sadism as a butcher, surgeon, or policeman.