"One gains at least two to three..." - Quote by Mark Twain
One gains at least two to three times more experience grabbing the tiger by the tail than reading about it in a book.
More by Mark Twain
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”
“He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep him company until he returned home. "If man could be crossed with the cat," said Twain, "it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.”
More on Experience
“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.”
“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”
“If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.”