“Experience is what you get when you didn’t know what you wanted.”
Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer
Source: The Sweetest Thing
“When you experience things completely, then you know what they are.”
Heart Sutra Workshop http://www.unfetteredmind.org/heart-sutra-commentary-3. Unfettered Mind http://unfetteredmind.org. (2008-09-13). (Topic: Awareness)
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