Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
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"
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
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"
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
The fundamental fact about our experience is that it is but a process of change.
-William James
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
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"
