335 Quotes About Discernment

We have to learn to hear on every level at once if we are really to become whole. The problem is that most of us are deaf in at least one ear.We have to learn to listen to Scripture. And we have to learn to listen to life around us.

La actitud principal y necesaria en el discernimiento comunitario es la apertura, la búsqueda de la verdad y la confianza de que esta verdad será alcanzada

We need to get acquainted with mediocrity to notice greatness.

St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom. He seemed to use them rather as instruments to search other people's thoughts, than as agents to reveal his own: the which combination of keenness and reserve was considerably more calculated to embarrass than to encourage.

Surely we must be able to discern our own lack of righteousness to take upon the sure righteousness of Christ.

When God sends a message of warning through dreams and visions, he is not sending them to instill fear in your heart. He wants to avert the evil that could have happened and soothe your heart with profound peace.

The two skills of the warrior are compassion and insight. Compassion is easy - it arises spontaneously from an open heart. Insight or discernment requires more skill. We have to choose our battles.

To journey as Abraham and Sarah did is to reject our inclination to protect ourselves by force. In their going--in our going--we embrace our vulnerability and forsake our tribe in order to journey with God and God’s tribe, pronouncing God’s blessing upon the world.

When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value.