Quotes About Discernment

If a thing is obviously right, do it. But remember to exercise extreme judgment regarding what you call "right" and "wrong." A thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.

I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?

Ma knew what was goin' on. She could tell if there was salt missin' from a pretzel.

the rule is, If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's a duck.

unintelligible because the print was so small.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

Men judge more from appearances than reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. Everyone sees your exterior, but few can discern what you have in your heart.

But since a Prince should know how to use the beast's nature wisely, he ought of beasts to choose both the lion and the fox; for the lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from wolves. He must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves.

Men are so thoughtless they'll opt for a diet that tastes good without realizing there's a hidden poison in it.

People in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, for everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are.

Y el primer juicio que nos formamos sobre la inteligencia de un señor nace de observar a los hombres que le rodean; y cuando son competentes y fieles se le puede considerar siempre sabio, porque ha sabido reconocer su competencia y mantenerlos fieles a él. Pero cuando son de otra manera siempre cabe hacerse de él un juicio que no sea bueno, porque con esa elección comete el primer error.

Z?o, poznane z daleka leczy si? szybko, lecz gdy wskutek tego, ?e nie zosta?o rozpoznane, pozwala si? na jego wzrost, tak ?e ka?dy je rozpozna, nie ma ju? lekarstwa

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Ognuno vede quello che tu pari, pochi sentono quello che tu se

Observation precedes vision.

I have faith that God will show you the answer. But you have to understand that sometimes it takes a while to be able to recognize what God wants you to do. That's how it often is. God's voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud as a church bell.

The secret is to know how to lie he used to say, and to know when someone's lying to you. His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.

Its goodness is a decision for the mouth to make.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

I am selective about what I give my time to.