Quotes About Experience

To avoid trials is to avoid living; the more you go through, the more you learn.

You learn more from your tears than your smiles.

Not knowing the name of the tree, I stood in the flood of its sweet scent.

Days and months are travellers of eternity. So are the years that pass by. Those who steer a boat across the sea, or drive a horse over the earth till they succumb to the weight of years, spend every minute of their lives travelling. There are a great number of ancients, too, who died on the road. I myself have been tempted for a long time by the cloud-moving wind - filled with a strong desire to wander.

Come, let's go snow-viewing till we're buried.

Not knowing The name of the tree, I stood in the flood Of its sweet smell.

Every turn of the road brought me new thoughts and every sunrise gave me fresh emotions.

The wisest words come out of the most damaged mouths.

Our memory is massively influenced by the strength of our feelings at the time.

There's a point at 7,000 RPM... where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just disappears. And all that's left is a body moving through space and time. 7,000 RPM. That's where you meet it. You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear. Asks you a question. The only question that matters. Who are you?

But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the main character. At least, that's the way I do it. It's actually not that bad. Even if it is mad nerdy.

It's not stuff you leave with. It's love.

The east face is no easy climb. But it is well established, with lots of fixed ropes. Because these ropes are already anchored in place, it might be better suited to your level of experience.

You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.

people often choose to expect the worst of an upcoming experience in hopes of creating a more favorable contrast between their expectations and reality.

Because the only way to become really good at coping with the discomforts and stresses of endurance sports is to experience them.

how can fear ruin my experience if I embrace it as an integral part of the experience?

I've talked to girls who were so blasé about their orgasm. Like it was another thing to do, like I was making it too mythical, too big. Like it wasn't important. Fuck you. This is huge for me. I am God now.

How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?

You watched it! You can't unwatch it!

It was interesting, she mused to herself, how life sometimes simply gave you a whole new perspective by waiting around long enough for you to see it.

Sometimes regrets aren't based on fact at all

To talk about memories is to live them a little.

I want life. I want to read it and write it and feel it and live it. I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt.