Quotes About Discernment

Nije najve?a budala onaj koji ne umije da ?ita, nego onaj koji misli da je sve ono što pro?ita istina.

Those whom the devil would tempt, He tells not a lie, but a lesser truth.

aggressive, or fine but the timing was just not right.

tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a "feel" for the proper words or responses to a delicate situation.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil—there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. —Frank A. Clark

Gossip needn't be false to be evil—there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

From my seat, stupid's not listening to your gut.

In der gegenwärtigen 'Kultur' geben sich wenige die Mühe, zwischen Aufrichtigkeit und dem Vorspielen von Aufrichtigkeit zu unterscheiden - ja, wenige sind zu dieser Unterscheidung überhaupt in der Lage -, wie auch nur wenige zwischen religiösem Glauben und dem Einhalten religiöser Vorschriften unterscheiden.

The right approach to life is one that hungers to know as many truths as one can and to avoid as many falsehoods as possible.

Whither thou know'est thy ass from thy elbow

Cody is furiously explaining to his little son Tim 'Never let the right hand know what your left hand is doing'... Page 100.

Don't be a sucker all your life, dummy up, ya dope.

He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their significances.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or doing that thing. If that which is intended to entertain, for example, alienates us from the Holy Spirit, then certainly that type of entertainment is not for us.

I'm not the type of person who makes a lot of songs in a day just to see which one is the best.

After I joined Toyota, there was a period when I drove more than 200 cars in one year - different types, other companies' cars. I want to be able to tell what distinguishes one car from the next.

There are three types of palate. There's the palate that can't taste anything, there's the normal palate, and there's the Super Palate. I don't think I've got a Super Palate, but it's pretty good.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Journalists play God when they decide for their readers when to hide information from them. Frequently, those choices are unavoidable.

When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance... and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.

Just because you can, doesn't necessarily mean that you should!

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time.