Quotes About Discernment

The Prophet supplicated that God, the Exalted, show him things in their reality, distinguished and clear: "Show me the truth as truth and give me the ability to follow it; and show me falsehood as falsehood and give me the ability to avoid it.

the Prophet laughed and said, "If you, ?Umar, went down one path, Satan would take another.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

Only in the worst moment will you know: Friend or Foe!

Then they knew that the lady they had lodged was a real Princess, since she had felt the one small pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-beds, for it was quite impossible for any one but a true Princess to be so tender.

They could see she was a real Princess and no question about it, now that she had felt one pea all the way through twenty mattresses and twenty more feather beds. Nobody but a Princess could be so delicate.

Such a person can see without "pre-judice", that is, without judging in advance; he will judge only on the basis of what he has really seen for himself

Prin instruirea sufletului s?u, potrivit imaginilor frumuseÈ›ii obiective, omul care se maturizeaz? trebuie s?-È™i însuÈ™easc? treptat arta discern?mântului, adic? a desluÈ™irii frumosului în sine.

Eyes blinded by the fog of things cannot see truth. Ears deafened by the din of things cannot hear truth. Brains bewildered by the whirl of things cannot think truth. Hearts deadened by the weight of things cannot feel truth. Throats choked by the dust of things cannot speak truth.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

I will criticize individuals when they deserve criticism, but I will not condemn entire populations. We have seen where that leads.

the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.

Tell her the three keys to wisdom: not believing all you hear, not spending all you have, and not sleeping all you want. These will be difficult for her until she graduates from college.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Always nice to have an officer who can see past the end of his beard

Choose friends by their character and socks by their colour.

So our rule is not to avoid a place where there is drinking if we have a legitimate reason for being there… Go or stay away, whichever seems best. But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good." 6

Getting staked had been a hard lesson in choosing one's friends wisely.

Don't get sucked in, Dave was always saying to me. Kind of like Helder's container idea: Notice everything, but don't buy into it. Hold it.

Il n'est pas bon que tout le monde lise les pages qui vont suivre ; quelques-uns seuls savoureront ce fruit amer sans danger.

Can he love truth who can take a knave to his bosom?

Who begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood.

Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who is indifferent about all.

Avoid the eye that discovers with rapidity the bad, and is slow to see the good.