Quotes about Discernment
To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
The Truth lies not in the Yes and not in the No, but in the knowledge and the beginning from which the Yes and the No arise.
- Karl Barth
It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.
- Edmund Burke
One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.
- RC Sproul
Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition.
- JC Ryle
The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.
- John Maxwell
Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?
- Oswald Chambers
Learning is the art of ignoring.
- Elias Canetti
We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.
- GK Chesterton
The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.
- Bill Hybels
Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.
- Jennifer Aniston