“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Tyrell asked.
Turk stood up and brushed his hands. “Yeah. I'm learning that I know even less than I thought I did.”
Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 3 (p. 36)
“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Context: You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.
“Often he was a joy, and you know, he was one of the few people I ever learned anything from.”
Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
Herzog on Herzog (2002), On Klaus Kinski
Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) Swedish female writer
The Further Adventures of Nils (1907)
Said by Akka, leader of the wild geese to Nils
Christopher Moore book Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal