No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

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

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

The reward of suffering is experience.

But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.

Experience is a great teacher.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

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

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

I think we are a product of all our experiences.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

Tragedy makes you grow up.

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

Adventure is worthwhile.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.