Quotes About Discernment

Wisdom is exercised in the choices you make.

Full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.

It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.

There are three things you cannot hide: smell of the garlic, fragrance of the flower and the wisdom of the teacher.

To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.

Finding patterns is the essence of wisdom

A true gourmet - a judge - has the wisdom to know when to stop eating.

The differences between the received wisdom, the standard version of events, and the facts on the ground may be subtle or they may be stark, even profound.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names in research.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts.

Wise men are not wise at all times.

When counting, try not to mix chickens with blessings.

What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]

The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.

And here is the test of truth: Anything that makes you weak physically, intelectually, and spiritually, reject as poison; there is no life in it, it cannot be true.

it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

Just because turtles dwell at your feet doesn't mean you should come down from your height and barter with, debate, or eat alongside them.