Quotes About Discernment

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

It's time to find out what the truth really is that's out there.

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.

Blind eyes could look at me and see the truth.

Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

Because according to my father, many teachers, and quite a few anger-management counselors, I seem to lack that little internal device that stops things that are best left unsaid from being said.

Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.

I hated to hound the guy at the sausage table, but I wanted to learn the difference between saucisson à l'âne, donkey sausage, and saucisson du taureau, bull sausage. That donkey stuff tastes, well, just a little different.

I beg you to exercise wisdom and restraint and remember that not all opportunities are created equal. Some are nothing but steps leading down toward catastrophe.

Intelligence once meant more than what any artificial intelligence does. It used to include sensibility, sensitivity, awareness, discernment, reason, acumen, and wit.

Her eyes were enlarged and faded with discovering what, by common human agreement, is better undivulged.

A person's character is judged not only by the company they keep but also by the company they avoid.

Remember, a person's character is not only judged by the company he or she keeps but also by the company he or she avoids.

An abundance of commonsense is called wisdom.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with a few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.

Never value the valueless. The trick is to know how to recognize it.

The fellowship of the reasonable is small.

No tenés amigos de infancia? —No me casé con los amigos de la infancia. Si ahora tengo poco discernimiento para elegirlos, ¿cómo habrán sido las equivocaciones de mis primeros años? Las amistades de infancia son erróneas, y no se puede ser fiel al erro indefinidamente.

Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.