Quotes About Discernment

Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

Keep your eyes open. Look at the world without prejudice, pay attention to your sources, and decide for yourself where the truth lies. That is the greatness of the path I'm offering you.

Knowledge is great; wisdom is even better.

In the fool's mind, there are many choices; in the wise man's mind, there are few.

I've always felt that photographers who say, "They used the wrong picture," have only themselves to blame. They gave them the "wrong" picture. I didn't worry because I only gave them pictures that worked. It's my obligation to take out all the "wrong" pictures.

Az ízlés birodalmának is megvannak a maga vakjai és süketei.

Les animaux se repaissent; l'homme mange; l'homme d'esprit seul sait manger.

Deciding what to read is also a matter of filtering.

The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

We believe no evil till the evil's done.

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

Discipline is of no use whatsoever, since things are naturally eliminated by discernment without it being necessary for us to treat them brutally. Even in the course of the technique known as "letting-go", a faint shadow of discipline is implied, for letting-go of an object implies a certain discipline. Only an effortless and choiceless, I repeat choiceless reaction, is the hallmark of liberation.

Belonging is for becoming . . . if for some reason it becomes stifling, then the person may have to take the risk of moving on, no matter how painful the separation may be. Community as such is never an end in itself. It is people and love and communion with God that are the goal. But, of course, a separation of this kind comes only after mature discernment and not just because being in community is painful or because there is a new leader we do not like!

La actitud principal y necesaria en el discernimiento comunitario es la apertura, la búsqueda de la verdad y la confianza de que esta verdad será alcanzada

Saya memang suka pada topi-topi serta benda-benda yang cantik, tapi saya tidak boleh menggadaikan masa depan saya untuk membeli barang-barang seperti itu.

Ceea ce numim cultur? e în realitate un lung proces de selecÈ›ie È™i de cernere.

It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing. Carl Jung

7. Beware of comparison shopping

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

That's right, kid. Never play an ace if a two will do.