Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
The fundamental fact about our experience is that it is but a process of change.
-William James
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.
-Krista Tippett
"Speaking of Faith"
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
