Pastoral Resources

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area but an insatiable appetite for a sound bite.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change.

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.