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Every patient has a story that deserves to be told.
People’s behavior is driven by their experiences.
The most valuable lessons come from the most painful mistakes.
Our relationship with food is complex, influenced by culture, history, and personal experience.
The divine is often experienced through community.

From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong

Sound is the invisible medium through which we experience our world.
The colors of our experiences create the palette of our existence.
A person who has not been in danger is not a person.

From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
To be happy, we must be able to express ourselves.

From The Rebel by Albert Camus

The quest for meaning became a central human concern.
Failure is often the best teacher.

From The Infinite Machine by Camila Russo

The path to mastery is often non-linear and filled with diverse experiences.
The most successful people are those who have a range of experiences, not those who have specialized in one area.
Exploring the role of religion helps us understand human experience.

From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels

Making mistakes is part of the journey.
Experience is the only source of knowledge.
Every trade is a lesson, and every lesson can lead to improvement.
The writer is a collector of moments.

From Draft No. 4 by John McPhee

What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.

From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

God was a word that referred to a particular kind of experience.

From A History of God by Karen Armstrong

All our knowledge begins with experience, but it does not follow that it arises from experience.
The more challenges we face, the more flow experiences we can create.

From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I can learn about the world from the things that happen to me.

From Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

To encounter a whale is to encounter the sublime, a moment that transcends the ordinary.
We often overlook the tools that shape our culinary experiences.
I'm a product of my life experiences.

From Open by Andre Agassi

Scent has the power to transport us to another place and time.

From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr

The search for meaning in the universe is the essence of human experience.

From The Cosmic Code by Heinz R. Pagels

Their short lives are filled with intense experiences.
What is it like to be a person with a neurological disorder?
The process of growing up involves a complex interplay of biology and experience.
The most spiritual experience is the most material experience.
Silence is not just the absence of sound, but a powerful component of auditory experience.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will impact the very essence of our human experience.
Every day, I observe the world with my own eyes.

From Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The act of foraging brings people together in a shared pursuit of knowledge and experience.
Money is a very important part of the human experience.

From The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

The sacred is not a matter of belief but of experience.
A place is not a place until it is full of life.
Understanding requires empathy and an openness to experience.
Every experience shapes the developing brain.
We are all the same people, and we are not the same people.
God experiences the world through human emotions.

From God: A Biography by Jack Miles

The Gnostic Gospels emphasize personal experience over institutional doctrine.

From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

The body and mind are not separate; they are interconnected in every experience.
Flow is not just about the activity; it is about the individual’s perception of their experience.

From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Investing in experiences is often more valuable than investing in things.

From The Financial Diet by Chelsea Fagan

To create a scent is to create an experience.

From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr

The experience of the divine can be found in many forms.

From A History of God by Karen Armstrong

Investing in experiences often yields a greater return than investing in things.

From The Financial Diet by Chelsea Fagan

The sacred and the profane are two dimensions of human experience.
The Gnostics emphasized personal experience of the divine over dogma.

From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

Every mile is a story.

From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

The sacred is not a thing or a concept; it is an experience.

From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

Religious experience transcends the boundaries of particular faiths.

From The World's Religions by Huston Smith

User-centered design means that we must focus on the needs of the user.
Confidence is built through experience and stepping outside your comfort zone.
We need to understand why certain brain processes are accompanied by experience.

From The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers

Learning from mistakes is one of the most valuable lessons.

From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio

Understanding your unique experiences as a Black individual is crucial to navigating mental health challenges.
Feedback is essential for the user to understand what is going on.
The most important thing about religion is that it is a matter of experience.
Flow is the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter.

From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Eating is a sensory experience that connects us to the world.
The experience of flow is the secret ingredient that allows us to perform at our best.

From The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler

The science of sound is a gateway to our sensory experiences.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
The experience of pain is a universal one, but the way we understand it is inherently personal.

From The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

The Great Migration was the most dramatic change in the American population in the 20th century.
The experiences of early childhood shape our entire lives.
Investing is not merely a mathematical exercise, but rather an art form that requires intuition and experience.

From The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel

The diversity of Jewish practice reflects the pluralism of the Jewish experience.
We are both the creators and victims of our own narratives.
When we are in flow, we are completely immersed in the activity.
Time's arrow is a reflection of our experiences.

From The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

We need to teach our machines to learn from experience, just like humans do.

From The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos

Good decisions come from experience and experience comes from bad decisions.
Flow is not just a mental state; it’s a transformative experience that can change how we perceive reality.
We must seek to understand how physical processes give rise to the richness of conscious experience.

From The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers

Consciousness involves subjective experience and intentionality.

From The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
The varieties of religious experience are as varied as the human experience itself.
A sentence should be an experience.

From Draft No. 4 by John McPhee

An autotelic experience is one that is intrinsically rewarding.

From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

From The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

Religion is about the way we experience the world.

From A History of God by Karen Armstrong

Your career can be a tapestry of experiences.

From The Multi-Hyphen Life by Emma Gannon

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The joy of discovery is a vital part of the human experience.
Flow occurs when we are fully immersed in what we are doing.

From Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

People began to form communities based on the shared experience of receiving news.

From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage

Invest your time in experiences that enrich your life.

From The Joy of Missing Out by Tonya Dalton

An artist's life is a tapestry woven with experiences and insights.