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"
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.
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
The reward of suffering is experience.
-Harry S. Truman
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"
When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.
-Harvey McKay
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde