Experience Quotes

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Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by… — Samuel Johnson
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker. — Charles Caleb Colton
Imagination is potentially infinite. Though actually we are limited to the types of experience for which we possess organs, those organs are somewhat plastic. Opportunity… — George Santayana
The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. — Samuel Johnson
I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither… — Albert Einstein
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and… — Joseph Story
The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as… — James Madison
On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars. — Bruce Willis
Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His… — Thomas Jefferson
Philosophers are in the habit of setting themselves before life and experience. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Every single person has within an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness. Every single human being can experience that - infinite intelligence, infinite creativity, infinite happiness,… — David Lynch
Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised… — Janet Morris
With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my… — Jane Campion
The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important… — Robert D. Hales
You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don't, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depression-which is your clue that… — Susan Jeffers
When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings. You may even… — Byron Katie
Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously. — Rollo May
Life is an endlessly creative experience, and we are shaping ourselves at every moment by every decision we make. — Kent Nerburn
The seat of faith...is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God. — Carl Jung

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