Quotes About Discernment

It appears that so-called common sense is a most uncommon commodity nowadays.

The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at everything -- you can wait for your pitch. The problem when you're a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, "Swing, you bum!"

Listen to the Chair Leg of Truth! It does not lie!

How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.

The people of your world are forgetting their foundations. Discernment erodes and muddies all waters, no matter how pure.

Judgments prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

She shakes her head. "No. Other people look. You see. Looking isn't the same as seeing." And with that completely bizarre statement, she gets up and leaves. My mouth falls open a little at the abruptness of it all.

Only a colored look can see a black and white photo.

Until you have discernment, ignorance will be your main source of wisdom.

When a lie speaks the truth, should we judge by appearance or attitude?"

Erst durch Lesen lernt man, wie viel man ungelesen lassen kann.

Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.

It's easy to see the faults in people, I know; and it's harder to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

Judgment is not a synonym for thinking, and making accurate judgments is not a synonym for having good judgment.

People don't choose between things, they choose between descriptions of things.

it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own.

Most of us are pitch-perfect in detecting anger in the first word of a telephone call, recognize as we enter a room that we were the subject of the conversation, and quickly react to subtle signs that the driver of the car in the next lane is dangerous. Our everyday intuitive abilities are no less marvelous than the striking insights of an experienced firefighter or physician—only more common.

when System 2 is otherwise engaged, we will believe almost anything.

an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are

If you can keep your head while all those about you are losing theirs, then perhaps you have misunderstood the situation.

is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Might

The difference between that man and me," Alan Mendelsohn said, "is that I am a connoisseur, and he is a fanatic.

Be careful before you believe someone in this world because we are living in such a world where there is artificial lemon juice use for welcome drink and real lemons use for finger bowls.

For judges of character, there is no such thing as the color gray.