Quotes About Discernment

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

Yes," said Wilson. "There's that. Doesn't do to talk too much about all this. Talk the whole thing away. No pleasure in anything if you mouth it up too much.

No me gustan los perros por ser perros, los caballos por ser caballos ni los gatos por ser gatos.

The warrior trains their mind to know the good and beautiful and true.

Another important statement

I don't believe in seeing evil in everything. I leave that to the inquisitors.

Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.

He nothing common did or meanUpon that memorable scene,But with his keener eyeThe axe's edge did try.

Often it's to suss you out and decide if you're hiding something and how you hide things.

What are you going to use?" "Common sense?

But to paraphrase the Supreme Court's statement about obscenity, when it comes to patterns, I know them when I see them.

Of course, you can't spend all of your time listening to random inputs. But you should be open to them. As you keep doing it, you will develop a feel for whose views are apt to contain gems of information and a sense of who will take advantage of your openness to clutter you with noise. Over time, then, you can adjust your receptivity accordingly.

And if you're going to go through your life and you have to associate with people, what you want to do is find egotistical people. Find out if they have a reason to justify their egos. if they can't, then get rid of them. If they do, then hang around them, because you might actually learn something.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

As usual, cats and children noticed him first.

To me, Madam Yennefer, wisdom includes the ability to turn a deaf ear to foolish or insincere advice.

You, the Elder Folk, like to say that hatred is alien to you, that it is a feeling known only to humans. But it is not true. You know what hatred is and are capable of hating, you merely evince it a little differently, more wisely and less savagely. But because of that it may be more cruel.

Don't mistake the stars reflected in a pond at night for those in the sky.

don't flap your ears and nothing horrible will fall into them.

Quiet, quiet, children. They are not demons, not devils… Worse than that. They are people.

Ta chansen att bada själv också. På din lukt kan jag avgöra allt om din häst: inte bara ras och ålder utan till och med färgen.

Le intenzioni umane, per quanto astutamente celate, vengono sempre tradite da due cose: dagli occhi e dalle mani.