Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
-Ambrose Bierce
Quotations
Experience
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
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"
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
