In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Experience
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
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 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
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
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"
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
