Quotes About Discernment

Margaret could not reply. Was he incredibly stupid, or did he understand her better than she understood herself?

The essence of good taste is never to be offended by bad taste.

One should never mistake pattern for meaning.

The true answer to seduction is to open people's eyes to the shallowness of the "beauty" on offer. The

If you can't find a Bowmore to fall in love with, you may have to consider very seriously the possibility that you're wasting your money drinking whisky at all.

One should not make more assumptions than are absolutely necessary.

you cannot plunge in blindly…lest you miss the forest for the trees and there be no end to your labors.

Also, he was more discriminating now than he had been then, back in the old days when he would read a book to its bitter end whether he liked it or not. These days, a book he disliked was unlikely to last ten pages of his concentration.

People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.

Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.

Two people can illustrate crudity to you. The first is the crude man, whom you see perceiving the diamond as a stone. The other is the refined man, who makes clear to you the crudity of the first one.

Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.

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

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.

What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.

Show a man too many camels' bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one.

When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge

Haste is from the Devil.

Show a man too many camels' bones, or show them to him too often, and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one. (Mirza Ahsan of Tabriz)

Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.

Bueno. Muéstrame a una persona que cree que sabe lo que es "bueno" y probablemente seré capaz de mostrarte a una persona horrorosa. Muéstrame a una persona que realmente sabe lo que es "bueno" y te mostraré que casi nunca usa la palabra.

Never assume that any activity is anything more than attention-getting until you have excluded this element.

El Sufi es uno que obra como los demás, cuando es necesario. Es también uno que hace lo que los otros no pueden, cuando es lo indicado.