Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
Quotations
Experience
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"
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
-Henry Ford
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"
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
