Quotes about Experiences

Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning.

Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.

In those early days, God gave us wonderful experiences to confirm our faith, then sooner or later, He chose a more difficult curriculum for us. Struggles, disappointments, and misunderstandings about the nature of the Christian life threatened our fledgling faith, but the winter season provided the opportunity to go deeper and grow closer to God.

The backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music.

Writing about joyful experiences for just three days can improve people's moods and decrease their visits to health centers a full three months later.

We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

Infinite speakers are Plato's poietai taking their place in the historical. Storytellers enter the historical not when their speaking is full of anecdotes about actual persons, or when they appear as characters in their own tales, but when in their speaking we begin to see the narrative character of our lives. The stories they tell touch us. What we thought was an accidental sequence of experiences suddenly takes the dramatic shape of unresolved narrative.

For a novelist, being 'too emotional' is often a good thing. The only thing you have to sell is your emotional experiences.

There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.

The most valuable things in your life are always the things that money cannot buy.

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.