"The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct."

Experience, Instinct, Necessity, Reason

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"The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct."

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"Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"There is more experience on the field of justification than on the camp of training. Sometimes, you got to take actions to learn more."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"It is not age but experience that brings wisdom."

Jeffrey Fry, American Author

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"From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Life is a book. Read it. But do not forget to write yours."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past."

Pat Morita, Japanese Actor

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"Religion is an experience, not a bunch of doctrines."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Experience, Religion, Truth, Life

"I grew up in a hospital and as a child I played in the dissecting room."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"You, the unhappy young! Try to take a leaf out of the old happy's book!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive."

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"Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure."

"There is more experience on the field of justification than on the camp of training. Sometimes, you got to take actions to learn more."

"It is not age but experience that brings wisdom."

"From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn."

"Life is a book. Read it. But do not forget to write yours."

"Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young."

"I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past."

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"There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it."

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"Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends."

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"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world."

"Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive."