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"
Quotations
Experience
-Andre Gide "Andre Gide"
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
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
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"
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
-Ambrose Bierce
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
