Quotes About Discernment

If you don't want your life to be 'messed up', don't fool around with those who have messed up theirs.

The whole life lies in the verb seeing.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

To me, it's obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It's been obvious to me since very early in life. I don't know why it's not obvious to very many other people.

Psychic development is a necessary skill in leading a successful and happy life. Your intellectual processes and your senses don't give you enough information to distinguish the real from the unreal.

Choose battles that you can win without losing your heart and your soul.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.

Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction.

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

The Children of this world are in their own generation wiser than the children of God

Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.

Try to avoid getting involved with somebody who's gonna need killing before it's over. It may seem to you that that narrows the field somewhat, but be diligent.

Be particular. That is, without a doubt, the Best Advice Ever Given in the History of the Entire World. Consider, if you will, the profound effect that following that advice would have on, say, your diet, your love life, your financial situation, your decision on whether to have that next drink. I mean, what do those two words not cover?

Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks.

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

There are too many books in the world to waste time slogging through the ones you hate.

I mean I'm not smarter than the market, but I can recognize a good tape and a bad tape. I recognize when it's right and when it's wrong and that's what my strength is.

It may not seem obvious at first glance, but the way we make decisions in life tells a lot about the kind of faith we have in Jesus Christ.

it's hard enough separating the good stuff from the bullshit without adding to the whole mess by wanting to know what you ain't gonna know.