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Experimenting Quotes (page 34)

The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person. Since marriage is inevitably a relationship between two unique people, no one marriage is going to be exactly like any other. Yet we tend to wed with explicit visions of what a “good” marriage ought to be like. Then we suffer enormously from trying to force the relationship to fit the stereotype and from the neurotic guilt and anger we experience... M. Scott Peck
Charlotte Bronte quote: "As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends..."
As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself. Charlotte Bronte
Anne Lamott quote: "It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when..."
...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. Anne Lamott
B. F. Skinner quote: "A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself."
A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself. B. F. Skinner
* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach. Pindar
This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience. C. S. Lewis
It is not objective proof of God's existence that we want but, whether we use religious language for it or not, the experience of God's presence. Frederick Buechner
Leonardo da Vinci quote: "All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of..."
All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci
If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all. Nancy Mitford
Flannery O'Connor quote: "For the fiction writer himself the whole story is the meaning,..."
For the fiction writer himself the whole story is the meaning, because it is an experience, not an abstraction. Flannery O'Connor
For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age, and not as the distilled experience of millions who faced similar human vicissitudes before. Thomas Sowell
Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the life of your betters. Robertson Davies
A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will. Eric Hoffer
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience..."
I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me and I felt a little dizzy for a while. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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