Quotes About Discernment

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference

You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books,You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.

You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.

Jobs had always been an extremely opinionated eater, with a tendency to instantly judge any food as either fantastic or terrible. He could taste two avocados that most mortals would find indistinguishable, and declare that one was the best avocado ever grown and the other inedible.

The thing that Von Neumann had, which I've noticed that other geniuses have, is the ability to pick out, in a particular problem, the one crucial thing that's important.

if you suggested to people what the right thing to do would be, they would be smart enough to pick it up and do it

His curiosity was aided by the sharpness of his eye, which focused on things that the rest of us glance over.

Decidir qué es lo que no se debe hacer es tan importante como decidir qué se debe hacer —comentó—. Esto es válido para las empresas y es válido para los productos.

A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse—not a remarkable mathematician.

Cuando sienta una carga por orar, eso indica que hay algún asunto en la voluntad de Dios que requiere su oración.

What God calls evil can slowly begin to appear normal-even good.

Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

there's a big difference between being judgmental and making a judgment.

You can buy that lie if you want, but if you're working for a bank, you don't study the counterfeit to know the real thing. You study the real thing to know the counterfeit.

If you're having trouble making a distinction between the voices in your head, let me put it this way: there are two sources of supernatural power on this earth. Jesus and satan. If what you're hearing does not come from Jesus, then by definition, it does come from satan.

Sometimes good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment." "Doesn't seem right.

To notice a difference is to have an opinion about it—unless one refuses to think. And that is my ultimate objection to nonjudgmentalism. We can refuse to voice our judgments, but we cannot keep from having them unless we refuse to think about what is before our eyes.

Nor does one have the option of saying that differences exist but that one will not judge them. To notice a difference is to have an opinion about it—unless one refuses to think. And that is my ultimate objection to the nonjudgmental frame of mind. We can refuse to voice our opinions, our judgments, but we cannot keep from having them unless we refuse to think about what is before our eyes.

I mean to take a good look at any man ere I leap into his arms.' Then look your fill, and leap away.

How such views might steer clear of authoritarian dogmatism, head-in-the-sand private intuition, narrow professional specialization, or extravagantly broad but undependable

The great algorithm to remember in dealing with this tendency is simple: an idea or a fact is not worth more merely because it's easily available to you.

We have three baskets: in, out, and too tough. … We have to have a special insight, or we'll put it in the "too tough" basket.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Children were quick to grasp the subtleties of emotions around them, to see through evasions and quickly identify prevarication.