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"
Quotations
Experience
-Helen Keller "Helen Keller"
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
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"
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
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
