Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
-Ambrose Bierce
Quotations
Experience
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
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"
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
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"
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
-Henry Ford
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
