Quotes about Experience

Faith is caught rather than taught.

Faith journeys are never simply intellectual exercises.

If you are going to proclaim the Christian faith, speak about those dimensions of it which you've had some experience with.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.

I beg you to believe that life is not a process, it's a drama

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

I wish you may profit by my experience. Alas, how much time have I lost and wasted, which, had I been wise—I would have devoted to reading and studying the Bible! But my evil heart obstructs the dictates of my judgment, I often feel a reluctance to read this book of books, and a disposition to hew out broken cisterns which afford me no water, while the fountain of living waters are close within my reach!

He not only enableth our minds to apprehend the truth, but he shines into our hearts, the seat of spiritual experience, to "give us the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.