Quotes about Experience

One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.

Great spiritual teachings do not change, but we do. As we grow older and wiser, we can receive the teachings at deeper levels.

Every experience that we have is unique to us because at some deep level we make an interpretation of it.

The resurrection never becomes a fact of experience until the risen Lord lives in the heart of the believer.

The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience.

Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description.

A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it is built for.

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.