Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Quotations
Experience
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
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 is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
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"
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.
-Harvey McKay
