I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use.

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.

Hope is the assurance of the promise.

If snow melts down to water, does it still remember being snow?

If you require force to promote your ideal, there is something wrong with your ideal.

Random makes you smart, random music makes your smart. So keep in touch with random, because random is your friend!

What when drunk one sees in other women one sees in Garbo sober.

I need somebody with staying power who will make me go weak in the knees.

I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.

Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it?

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

I will see this game of life out to its bitter end