Quotes About Discernment

Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement.

Of all paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.

For when the wine is in, the wit is out.

In vino Veritas. (In wine there is truth.)

You can tell German wine from vinegar ... by the label.

Learning to learn is to know how to navigate in a forest of facts, ideas and theories, a proliferation of constantly changing items of knowledge. Learning to learn is to know what to ignore but at the same time not rejecting innovation and research.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment.

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.

Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell him.

Let the greater part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest.

Haste is of the Devil.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

It takes wisdom and discernment to minister to people in need. We must look beyond the apparent and seek to meet the needs of the whole person.

Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible.

It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.

The higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise, they are converted into common things, and common things are not believed.

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

As Christians, we often tend to get our Bible doctrine confused and start mixing truths that were never meant to be mixed.

You can be non-judgmental, but you don't want to be non-discerning because, remember, the force of evolution is the conversation, you know: two truths standing up to each other in conversation, and the best truth emerges, and the best truth prevails.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone... Bad food is fake food... food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people's ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.

Hate reveals itself for what it really is - evil! It cannot see clearly, so it exposes itself at every turn, and those that truly love can see it.