Quotes About Discernment

There are so many today who are given to judging the good bad and the bad good. They act not to right but to cross purpose.

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.

Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor.

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

When you can't tell the truth, tell *a* truth.

We judge and punish based on facts, but facts are not truth. Facts are like a buried skeleton uncovered long after death. Truth is fluid. Truth is alive. To know the truth requires understanding, the most difficult human art. It requires seeing all things at once, forward and backward, the way God sees.

When the facts become clear, our choices become obvious.

Say "no" only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fine. Samuel Johnson said, "All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

Not everything that is related to yoga is equally beneficial.

The most intelligent of creatures, often make the fewest sounds.

Good intentions are useless in the absence of common sense. —JAMI, BAHARISTAN

Hebben de goden ons geen verstand gegeven om mee te denken en te oordelen?

And I certainly wouldn't demonize an entire people on the basis of 3 blurry photos and a few paintings

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Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.

A secret should be kept a secret," murmured Conan Doyle, now picking up crumbs from his plate with his forefinger. "Once it is no longer a secret, it becomes a serpent—it goes where it will.

Intelligence is the art of good guesswork.

As soon as I got hold of the teats I could see

You cannot judge the importance of things by the noise they make.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a virtue.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue," resumed the whisper.

You can tell people the truth, "...but I guess it's better for people to shut up rather than say something nasty. The truth will just piss them off and get you in a lot of trouble.

We should always weigh our words. Most things are better left unsaid.