Quotes About Discernment

Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT.

You must also discard fixed judgments about high and low, good and evil, holy and profane.

Para notar algo hay que ignorar todo lo demás. Así es como lo no circunscrito se vuelve circunscrito. Cuando noto algo, ignoro todo aquello que lo rodea pero que contribuye a su existencia y, por lo tanto, forma parte de él.

Don't pay attention to those who offer too much.

He confided his deepest secret to you; be always wary of his secret.

To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste.

The thing that [Afrikans] must remember is that everything [White people] produce has a political purpose.

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.

If you can't tell a spoon from a ladle, then you're fat!

Liberal learning is that which underlies, that which gives purpose and direction to practical skills. It tries to distinguish between the more and the less important, between the grand and the trivial, and to concern itself rather with the center than with the periphery.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so to believe or not in God.

Half the pleasure in life comes from learning to choose between things.

One can anyway only be shown something one knows already, needs already. Showing anyone anything really amounts to removing the last thin film that prevents their seeing what they are looking at.

Experience is knowing what not to do and knowing when not to do it.

we must be open to the fact that in regard to some ethical judgments, our focus will be more on the wise, judicious course of action than on the absolute right course of action.

Nous savons que tout ce qui brille ne est pas or, mais ce est de l'or brille toujours. Même tout ce qui semble belle ne est pas bon, mais ce qui eat bon est toujours belle. Votre perception et la réalité peuvent être radicalement différent, alors ne vous laissez pas berner par les apparences qui sont souvent trompeuses. Toujours regarder plus profond, et la vraie beauté va se révéler.

There is a subtle difference between an acqaintance, a faie-weather friend, and a tru friend. An acquaintance is around you merely to enjoy your company, a fair-weather friend flatters when all is well, but a true friend has your best interests at heart and the strong guts to tell you what you must hear, whether you like it or not. If you're lucky and smart, you will recognize and appreciate your true friend, and will be able to keep safe distance from fair-weather friends and acquaintances.

Tout ce qui brille est pas or, mais ce qui est l'or brille toujours. De même, tout ce qui semble beau peut-être pas bien, mais ce qui est bon est toujours beau. Ne vous laissez pas berner par les apparences qui peuvent être trompeuses. Regardez plus profond, et la vraie beauté va se révéler.

Oh my god you're thicker than you look

And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.