Discern Quotes

178 Discern quotes by 145 unique authors

To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it, and so quick to feel,… — George Eliot
You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a… — Vladimir Nabokov
There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible. — Jane Austen
I have tried to protect myself against men, to react against their madness to discern its source; I have listened and I have seen--and I… — Emile M. Cioran
Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader… — Marcel Proust
Eomer said, 'How is a man to judge what to do in such times?' As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and evil have… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of… — Daniel Quinn
We are taught that the body is an ignorant animal intelligence dwells only in the head. But the body is smart. It does not discern… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but… — C.S. Lewis
She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art… — Christina Dodd
A spiritual pilgrim needs to discern when his or her life is stunted in an old field and find the courage and determination to go… — Sue Monk Kidd
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose… — Carl Jung
Sympathy is what you have for someone after they die, pity you have for someone when they don't have a date to the biggest dance… — Mahatma Gandhi
The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others. — J. Oswald Sanders
When you have an emotional reaction to what you see, you are judging. That is your signal that you have an issue inside of yourself… — Gary Zukav
...you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what… — James Hillman
Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my… — Vladimir Nabokov
To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because… — David Mitchell
Benedick looked to the ceiling as though begging for divine patience. Or for the Lord to strike his sister down. Callie couldn’t quite discern which. — Sarah MacLean
It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the… — Saint Augustine
I returned to the courtyard and saw that the sun had grown weaker. Beautiful and clear as it had been, the morning (as the day… — Umberto Eco
‎"A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern." ~ J.C. Ryle — J C Ryle
No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary… — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of… — Marcus Aurelius
You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and… — Tara Brach

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