In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
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
The fundamental fact about our experience is that it is but a process of change.
-William James
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"
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
