Quotes About Experience

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.

Life is short, and it is here to be lived.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

Strange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story.

There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done...inexorably, unalterably done.

Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast.

All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment.

Adventure: the pursuit of life.

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly.

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.

Into each life some rain must fall.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.

Life, like all other games, becomes fun when one realizes that it's just a game.

As we sail thru life, don't avoid rough waters, sail on because calm waters won't make a skillful sailor.

Life is a voyage.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.