Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Quotations
Experience
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
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"
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
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 the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
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"
