Alan Watts - Play

"If you're enemy in the battle of life, is to be regarded as an absolute enemy. Who is pure evil--black as black can be. You can't be a good sport. You can accord him no chivalry. No honors of battle. You've got to annihilate him by any means possible, fair or foul. And that leads to some pretty sticky situations. Especially when he has the means of annihilating you in just the same way. But on the other hand, in all contests, you know while you are going to take it as seriously and regard it as very important, in the back of your mind... you know it is not ultimately important. Although, very important. And this saves you. This enables you to be a good player."

"You may worry about the word 'Play' because we often use the word 'Play' in a trivial sense. 'Oh, you're just playing.' You mean life is nothing but a game?"
-Alan Watts