Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Experience
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
The fundamental fact about our experience is that it is but a process of change.
-William James
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 a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
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"
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
