In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
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 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 fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
