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To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to have confidence, to have confidence read more
To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to have confidence, to have confidence you have to be loved, to be loved you have to love
The only source of knowledge is experience
The only source of knowledge is experience
 In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
 [Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam 
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 In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
 [Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam 
experimenta.] 
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Experience by itself is not science.
Experience by itself is not science.
 A sadder and a wiser man,
 He rose the morrow morn.  
 A sadder and a wiser man,
 He rose the morrow morn. 
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.