Discern Quotes

178 Discern quotes by 145 unique authors

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have to go on being a priest and bishop, that is, to celebrate God and what God has done in Jesus, and to offer… — Rowan Williams
So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for… — Lucretius
The cacophony of contemporary popular culture makes it hard to discern the call of truth and wisdom. There is no area in which practicing asceticism… — Rod Dreher
I am a clairaudient healer. My specialty is being able to discern the blocks within a person's energy that are prohibiting them from being free,… — Dee Wallace
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day. — Sophocles
All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. — Miyamoto Musashi
Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from… — Mark Kurlansky
An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to… — Richard Louv
In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. — Teresa of Avila
If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice" or "legal" and… — Freda Adler
I personally cannot discern a shred of evidence for ‘[intelligent] design.’ If 97% of all creatures have gone extinct, some plan isn't working very well! — Unknown Author
There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in… — Miyamoto Musashi
Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they… — Henry David Thoreau
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that connect them so… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Not for one single day Can I discern my way, But this I surely know- Who gives the day Will show the way, So I… — William Arthur Dunkerley
The weapons laboratory of Los Alamos stands as a reminder that our very power as pattern finders can work against us, that it is possible… — George Johnson
One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but it was hard… — Leroy Chiao
Abstemiousness in diet and control of the passions, will preserve the intellect and give mental and moral vigor, enabling men to bring all their propensities… — Ellen G. White
Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isn´t just for registering pleasure and pain.… — Michael Sandel
True education is the ability to discern the difference between what you do know and what you don't. — Anatole France
If we had better hearing, and could discern the descants of sea birds, the rhythmic tympani of schools of mollusks, or even the distant harmonics… — Lewis Thomas
Discern the vital few from the trivial Many. — Greg McKeown
We hunger for significance, for signs that our personal existence is of special meaning to the universe. To that end, we’re all too eager to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Character is revealed in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to detect the hunger… — David A. Bednar

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