Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud. — Nelson Mandela

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I am a student of life, and don't want to miss any experience. There's poetry in this sort of thing, you know--or perhaps you don't know, but it's all the same. ― H.P. Lovecraft

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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. - George Bernard Shaw

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Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength. — Dalai Lama

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Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

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Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience. — William Arthur Ward

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller

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Do we need to wait until the next life to experience true happiness? Of course not; we can experience it now. By making that choice to be happy and optimistic, we can have a little bit of Heaven on Earth. ― Lindsey Rietzsch

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