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
Quotations
Experience
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
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"
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
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"
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
