Quotes About Discernment

We can save ourselves a lot of distress and accusation by knowing when, where, to whom, and how to talk about spiritually mature things.

It seems that human beings cannot see what they are not readied to see. We cannot hear what we have not been prepared to hear. The "obvious" seems to have little correlation with our acceptance of it. We all have an amazing capacity for missing the point.

If this inner and critical voice has kept you safe for many years as your inner voice of authority, you may end up not being able to hear the real voice of God.

there is an early stage "holiness" that looks like the real thing, but it isn't.

There is a deeper voice of God, which you must learn to hear and obey in the second half of life.

People who know who they are find it the easiest to know who they aren't.

Once you wake up, as Jesus and Pope Francis have, you know that cleaning up is a constant process that comes on different timetables for different people, around many different issues, and for very different motivations. This is why love and growth demand discernment, not enforcement.

Conviction is knowing what to add and what to remove for a performance system we fully understand.

You know, Magnus…sometimes it's best not to look as far as you're able to look, or to listen to everything you're able to hear.

You might have thought that people would want their kids to stop eating Bassani's ice cream after what had happened.

You have the hey to the library, he said. Only be careful what you read.

A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,--the light which, showing the way, forbids

And Rob knew then that he had picked the right person to tell.

It takes a lady of a certain age to contain the stuff [whiskey]. Particularly the Irish. No offense but a bit of weathering and experience are required not to go right off the edge with it. I would heisitate to serve Irish to a green schoolgirl. Mixes and vodka are enough for them to go wrong on. I couldn't look at myself shaving if I poured Irish for the young.

soldiers on the banks of the canal, they looked carefully to see whether they were Japanese or Chinese so they'd know which pass to pull out.

although boldness of action is always called for, it must be tempered by wisdom and restraint, and too often it is not.

He decided not to try to pin her down on that; he had a feeling it was one he wouldn't win. He hadn't known Isabel Adams an hour before reaching the conclusion that she was extremely unlikely to let slip by accident anything she didn't want him to know.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

379Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

The Well or the Cup How can you tell at the start what you can give away and what you must hold to your heart. What is the well and what is a cup. Some people get drunk up.

It's not faith you need. Only rationality

Once in a while – and I soon got better at watching those at the window while appearing to gaze at the RPO Building – a child would come to stare at us, and there would be a sadness there, or sometimes an anger, as though we'd done something wrong. A child like this could easily change the next moment and begin laughing or waving like the rest of them, but after our second day in the window, I learned quickly to tell the difference.

Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or fool from any direction.

smart. I'm pretty smart myself. I know that smart doesn't mean nice, or even mean that you have a lot of common sense. Look at all the trouble smart people get themselves into.