Quotes About Discernment

One needs to be intelligent in recognizing the favorable outcome and knowing what to discard.

But to do things right, they ought to learn to keep silent in the absence of news of significance.

Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

What sounds intelligent in a conversation or a meeting, or, particularly, in the media, is suspicious.

it is easier for your brain to detect differences rather than absolutes

withhold judgment in the absence of evidence

We cannot teach people to withhold judgment; judgments are embedded in the way we view objects.

We know with much more clarity what is bad than what is good.

knowledge is reached (mostly) by removing junk from people's heads.

Anyone who listens to news is one step below sucker.

Nero believes, draw people to focus on noise rather than the signal (the

For Tony, the distinction in life isn't True or False, but rather sucker or nonsucker.

If my brain can tell the difference between noise and signal, my heart cannot. Such

These people are the ones to watch out for

which does not require knowledge or intelligence, merely rationality in choice.

the learning of life is about what to avoid.

When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived.

The end doesn't always justify the means. But sometimes it does. Wisdom is knowing the difference.

And perhaps you can sense, in some small twisting loop of your gut, the convergence of the wrong, of the right, and of the woefully misguided. If you do, then pay sharp attention to the moment you wake, and the moment you fall asleep...For maybe then you will know, without a shadow of a doubt, which is which.

The end doesn't always justify the means, dear," she said. "But sometimes it does. Wisdom is knowing the difference.

The end doesn't always justify the means, dear, she said. But sometimes it does. Wisdom is knowing the difference.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people -- and this is true whether or not they are well-educated -- is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambigous or even contradictory situations -- in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward.

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS

There is a quality about women who choose men sparingly; it appears in their walk in their eyes in their laughter and in their gentle hearts.