In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
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 fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
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"
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
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
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
