Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
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
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
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
