Direct Experience Quotes

51 quotes by 50 authors

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about… — Michael Crichton
I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience… — Derrick Jensen
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. — Malcolm Gladwell
Reading was not an escape for her, any more than it is for me. It was an aspect of direct experience. She distinguished, of course,… — Jincy Willett
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between whatâ€™s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about whatâ€™s happening, stories that get in… — Sharon Salzberg
When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs… — Nhat Hanh
Only after Self-Realisation and only then, is there a direct experience of the Spirit. It then manifests its powers in the human personality, and it's… — Nirmala Srivastava
I do miss the excitement of seeing history up close, of having intimate knowledge, through direct experience, of what happens when people and governments clash,… — Deborah Copaken Kogan
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can… — Daniel Bell
Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later,… — Elliot Perlman
Your generation and mine have had very little real experience; we've been severed from the direct experience of war by some very good things. By… — Michael Ignatieff

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