Quotes about Discernment

Sometimes we face "gray areas," things that aren't necessarily forbidden by the Bible but still may not belong in our lives.

All transgressions begin with sinful thinking... guard against the pictures of lewdness and sensuality that Satan flashes upon the screen of your imagination, select with care the books you read, choose discerningly the kind of entertainment you attend, the kind of associates with whom you mingle, and the kind of environment in which you place yourself.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

Schooling people in the ways of ongoing discernment produces a greater receptivity to the tradition of the church and at the same time creates the freedom that will make them more responsive to the will of God throughout their lives.

I tell you I can't read a book, but I can read de people.

But what shall men do who cannot find anything wise to say, because they are interpreting foolish things?

Now no man, though he prunes, wittingly casts away what is good.

Sound judgment is to be preferred even to examples, and indeed examples harmonize with the voice of reason; but not all examples, but those only which are distinguished by their piety, and are proportionately worthy of imitation.

Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.

Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

Truth is available to the ears that can hear it.