Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
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
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
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"
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
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"
