Quotes About Discernment

It is by the mixture of counterfeit religion with true, not discerned and distinguished, that the devil has had his greatest advantage against the cause and kingdom of Christ, all along hitherto. It is by this means, principally, that he has prevailed against all revivings of religion, that ever have been since the first founding of the Christian church.

What we call a vice is actually an inability to recognize what has the greatest value.

To me, horror is when I see somebody lying. I mean a person I know. A friend. And he's telling me something that I accept. And then suddenly, as he or she is telling it, there's something that gives them away. They're not telling me the truth.

the wise man "chooses not the greatest quantity of food but the most tasty.

He that would keep a secret must keep it secret that he hath a secret to keep.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

anger you have locked up in you, and that's healthy. I just think you could be a little more judicious

We Burmese,' he began, 'are experts at looking for what's not there. It's something you should learn to do too. You must look for what's missing and learn how to find the truth in these absences.

Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.

I can't just react on the strength of an email and three pages of synopsis, and say I'm going to take off for three months of my life.

Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.

You wouldn't know a clue if it danced in front of you with a T-Shirt that read 'I'm a clue

Judgement, not passion should prevail.

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

nunca haveria diferença entre um prazer e outro, como de fato existe.

We know the danger of this game, having both made the mistake of playing a similar game with our other friends, in which you tell three terrible stories about yourself, but two of them are lies. Your friends have to figure out the true one. It's like that Meat Loaf song, but when you think of that title, "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," what you really mean to say here, is: "One of These Three Is Awful.

He could appreciate the value in something, even if he ultimately rejected that something—and could see the errors and flaws in something, even if he ultimately accepted that something.

At some point every person must hear from God, must know what God was calling him to do, apart from others.

It's not all that important that you be able to originate brilliant ideas... The more important talent is to be able to recognize good ideas from other people.

Being smart and acting stupid are two different things.

she really could hear, like Edmund says