Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
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
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
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
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"
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"
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
