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"
Quotations
Experience
-Andre Gide "Andre Gide"
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
The fundamental fact about our experience is that it is but a process of change.
-William James
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
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
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 fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
-Ambrose Bierce
