Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Experience
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"
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
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"
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
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"
