--- title: "Best Discerning Quotations" description: "Browse 140 Discerning quotes by 128 authors. Discover the best Discerning sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/baltasar-gracian-1090_admiration_the-hossanas-of-the-multitude-can-never_2927268.jpg" --- > [The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/the-hossanas-of-the-multitude-can-never-bring-satisfaction-to-the/) [Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/baltasar-gracian-1090_admiration_the-hossanas-of-the-multitude-can-never_2927268.jpg) > [I've always tried to have a pretty discerning eye with the roles that I've picked, which is maybe why it seems like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristin-milioti/i-ve-always-tried-to-have-a-pretty-discerning-eye-with-the-roles-that/) [Cristin Milioti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristin-milioti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/cristin-milioti-14267_discerning_i-ve-always-tried-to-have-a-pretty-disce_460423.jpg) > [I had read the criticisms of me and my movies and they were discerning. They said that Crawford needs a new deal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/i-had-read-the-criticisms-of-me-and-my-movies-and-they-were/) [Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/joan-crawford-9168_break_i-had-read-the-criticisms-of-me-and-my-m_2556035.jpg) > [Political journalists love graduate student intelligence, the ability to make clever allusions in seminars, and in 1999-2000 they hassled George W. Bush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-olasky/political-journalists-love-graduate-student-intelligence-the-ability/) [Marvin Olasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-olasky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/marvin-olasky-18081_ability_political-journalists-love-graduate-stud_64833.jpg) > [A lot of times when people meet me, theyll definitely try to make me feel young or inexperienced. Like, Its all taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorde/a-lot-of-times-when-people-meet-me-theyll-definitely-try-to-make-me/) [Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/lorde-5024_care_a-lot-of-times-when-people-meet-me-theyl_995080.jpg) > [“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/he-who-knows-other-men-is-discerning-he-who-knows-himself-is/) [Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/lao-tzu-624_quote_he-who-knows-other-men-is-discerning-he_108505.jpg) > [The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/the-method-of-science-depends-on-our-attempts-to-describe-the-world/) [Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/karl-popper-2167_advantage_the-method-of-science-depends-on-our-att_1799363.jpg) > [“The purpose behind discerning the nature of love is not to satisfy ivory tower discussions or to produce fodder for academic delectation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lewis/the-purpose-behind-discerning-the-nature-of-love-is-not-to-satisfy/) [Thomas Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/thomas-lewis-13941_happiness_the-purpose-behind-discerning-the-nature_2078028.jpg) > [The American elite ... is almost beyond redemption. Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-evans-pritchard/the-american-elite-is-almost-beyond-redemption-moral-relativism-has/) [Ambrose Evans-Pritchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-evans-pritchard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/ambrose-evans-pritchard-80980_character_the-american-elite-is-almost-beyond-rede_1243590.jpg) > [Equations seem like treasures, spotted in the rough by some discerning individual, plucked and examined, placed in the grand storehouse of knowledge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-crease/equations-seem-like-treasures-spotted-in-the-rough-by-some-discerning/) [Robert P. Crease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-crease/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/robert-p-crease-100007_convenient_equations-seem-like-treasures-spotted-in_1278039.png) > [“You will be taken through training, tests and practice of being about to tell the difference between what's counterfeit over what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-pierre/you-will-be-taken-through-training-tests-and-practice-of-being-about/) [Yvonne Pierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-pierre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/yvonne-pierre-18417_counterfeit_you-will-be-taken-through-training-tests_2467448.jpg) > [So where did these cravings come from? I concluded it's the baby ordering in. Prenatal takeout. Even without ever being in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/so-where-did-these-cravings-come-from-i-concluded-it-s-the-baby/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/paul-reiser-7549_baby_so-where-did-these-cravings-come-from-i_725264.jpg) > [Through the years, I have discovered some essential principles in discerning God's will: First, by God's grace, we must be firmly committed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-washer/through-the-years-i-have-discovered-some-essential-principles-in/) [Paul Washer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-washer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/paul-washer-1468_believer_through-the-years-i-have-discovered-some_837873.png) > [“If we have no desire to be discerning, we won't be discerning. If we are driven by a yearning to be happy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/if-we-have-no-desire-to-be-discerning-we-won-t-be-discerning-if-we/) [John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/john-macarthur-1117_discernment_if-we-have-no-desire-to-be-discerning-we_2098499.jpg) > [Imagination is the organ through which the soul within us recognizes a soul without us; the spiritual eye by which the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-norman-hudson/imagination-is-the-organ-through-which-the-soul-within-us-recognizes/) [Henry Norman Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-norman-hudson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/henry-norman-hudson-65839_converses_imagination-is-the-organ-through-which-t_2912537.jpg) > [Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of science should play a role. I cannot stress often enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-m-krauss/discerning-the-merits-of-competing-claims-is-where-the-empirical/) [Lawrence M. Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-m-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/lawrence-m-krauss-2566_bases_discerning-the-merits-of-competing-claim_386140.jpg) > [We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomas-garrigue-masaryk/we-shall-always-be-a-small-minority-in-the-world-but-when-a-small/) [Tomas Garrigue Masaryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomas-garrigue-masaryk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/tomas-garrigue-masaryk-53203_accomplish_we-shall-always-be-a-small-minority-in-t_2788365.jpg) > [The bold and discerning writer who, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/the-bold-and-discerning-writer-who-recognizing-the-truth-that/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/ambrose-bierce-140_books_the-bold-and-discerning-writer-who-recog_1153096.jpg) > [ \[The disarming of citizens\] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/the-disarming-of-citizens-has-a-double-effect-it-palsies-the-hand-and/) [Joel Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-barlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/joel-barlow-39317_bearing-arms_the-disarming-of-citizens-has-a-double-e_640598.png) > [Conscience, the sense of right, the power of perceiving moral distinctions, the power of discerning between justice and injustice, excellence and baseness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ellery-channing/conscience-the-sense-of-right-the-power-of-perceiving-moral/) [William Ellery Channing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ellery-channing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/william-ellery-channing-3428_baseness_conscience-the-sense-of-right-the-power_1467457.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discerning/#itemlist", "name": "Discerning Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. 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