Franz Kafka

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

Novelist

T. S. Eliot

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

American Poet

Joseph Campbell

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

American Author

Virginia Woolf

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

British Author

Henry Ward Beecher

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

American Clergyman

Tyler Perry

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

American Actor

Soren Kierkegaard

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Danish Philosopher

Voltaire

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

French Writer

W. C. Fields

Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.

American Comedian

Rihanna

I have such incredible experiences in my life.

American Musician

Relates to hands-on activities or direct participation, not just theoretical knowledge.

Practical Involvement

Implies learning that accumulates over a period, not instantly.

Time-Dependent

Often used to express how someone improved or matured through activities.

Personal Growth

Emphasizes personal impact, different for everyone.

Subjective Impact

Highlights one-time events or experiences special to an individual.

Unique Occurrences

Can refer to both positive and negative events.

Not Always Positive

You are actively going through a situation, not passive.

Active Participation

Often used in present or perfect tense to show something is currently happening or recently happened.

Present Tense

Can relate to any senses, emotions, or thoughts, not just visual.

Beyond Sight

 are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns

The language of lying —...

 guilt and remorse for hurting his wife. But the truth is that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner, but they don't feel guilty for the experience of the affair itself. And that distinction is important.

Rethinking infidelity...

 It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization.

Why elephants never...

 OCD sufferers report feeling crazy for experiencing anxiety based on irrational thoughts and finding it difficult to control their responses. So what exactly causes OCD? The frustrating answer is we don't really know. However, we have some important clues.

Debunking the myths of...

 are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it. Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrating experiences,

What makes something...

 The word bipolar means two extremes. For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world, life is split between two different realities - elation and depression. Although there are many variations of bipolar disorder,

What is bipolar...

 avoid comparing it to times you've felt down. Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling. Even just talking about depression openly can help.

What is depression? -...

 white men in a time when that was not popular the courage to even walk in that room with your head held high i don't think many people could do that when i think about my experiences and

NASA Trailblazer:...

 expecting anything in return. So you might even risk your life and so it started sort of all sort of flooding in about. how this was an experience of perhaps the whale displaying

A whale saved my life PIPE...

 right now the world is experiencing what I experienced everyday as a child there

Experience