Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou read more

Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,
And giv'st access, though secret she retire.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.