#discern

A spirit of suspicion is not the gift of discernment. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #suspicion #r-alan-woods

The Bible says we need to love our enemies, bless our enemies. It does not say we should assume our enemies' priorities. ↗

— David McGee

#love

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. ↗

— Chanakya

#anxious #deal #discernment #fret #future

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 to discern the wall with the naked eye. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#challenges #china #did #discern #eye

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

#antagonistic #discernment #foolishness #insecure #insecurity

When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bad-people #chances #discernment #evil #good

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit. ↗

— Mary Astell

#discern #enough #fit #form #how

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#customs #discerned #faculties #fortunate #fortune

The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it. ↗

— George Berkeley

#darkest #discern #even #eye #glimpse