The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Quotations
Experience
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
-George Washington
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
An experience teaches ably the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.
-Andre Gide "Andre Gide"
Many people know so little what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves and find nothing! Therefore, they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves, either.
-Helen Keller "Helen Keller"
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.
-Douglas Adams
"The Salmon of Doubt"
