Whichismoreimportantinlife，knowledgefromthebooksyouread，orpersonalexperienceyougaininreality？Theanswermayvaryfrompersontoperson。Theyoung，educatedmayemphasizetheformer，andtheoldmaystressthelater。Butinmyopinion，theyareofthesameimportance。
Experienceispriceless。Howtobecomeanefficientsecretary？Howtoprepareforyourfirstchildtocomeintotheworld？Thereissomuchexperienceweneedincareers，inlifeandeveninacademicstudies。Ithelpsonedealwiththeproblemswitheaseandconfidence。Especiallyactivitiesandtoaccumulateexperienceofdifferentkindsismorecrucial。
Experience，however，islimitedintermsoftimeandspace。Foronething，itisimpossibleforanyonetoexperiencealltheimportanteventsandmeetallthefamouspeople。Foranother，asthespeedwithwhichskillsareobsoleteandnewproblemscropupisunprecedentedbecauseofthefastdevelopmentofsociety，experienceisfarlessadequate。Dependingtoomuchonitonlyleadstonarrow-mindednessandprejudice。
Onewaytocompensateforitistoreadbooks。Booksofvariouskindscanbringusalmostunlimitedadditionalexperience。Frombooksyoucannotonlytracebacktothewisdomofourantecedents，butkeepupwiththelatestdevelopmentsofscienceandtechnology。Tobesure，it"ssecondhandexperience。Butitistheidealsupplementtoourownlimitedexperience。Fewofuscantravelaroundtheworld，orlivelongbeyondonehundredyears，butallofuscanlivemanylivesbyreadingbooks。
Bothbookknowledgeandpersonalexperienceareessential。Whileexperiencemakesonemoreresourceful，bookknowledgemakesonemorelearned。
