Experience

"Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious."

"Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes."

"We all have stories which we are afraid to tell."

"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that."

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."

"Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come."

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."

"Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable."

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

"For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age, and not as the distilled experience of millions who faced similar human vicissitudes before."

"Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories."