Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

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.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.