What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs

What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

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

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

A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.

A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of read more

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.