Ben Fountain

Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged.

American Writer

Pope Francis

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

Argentinian Clergyman

Thomas S. Monson

The sweetest feeling you can have in this world is to feel the hand of the Lord upon your shoulder. In my patriarchal blessing as a boy, I was promised that I would have the gift of discernment. I have to acknowledge that such a declaration has been abundantly fulfilled in my life.

American Clergyman

Apollonius of Tyana

As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it.

Greek Philosopher

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.

French Politician

Sharon Salzberg

Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.

American Author

Coretta Scott King

Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.

American Activist

Joan Halifax

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

Lord Byron

Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

British Poet

Charles R. Swindoll

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.

Discernment involves personal judgment, so it can be subjective and vary between individuals.

Subjective Quality

'Discernment' often implies a level of wisdom or maturity in making decisions or judgments.

Mature Insight

Discernment may involve understanding unspoken subtleties, like in relationships or art.

Emotional Nuance

Discernment in science refers to perceiving differences without obvious signs.

Clear-Cut Absence

In a scientific context, discernment is precise and based on measurable criteria.

Technical Precision

This technical use of 'discernment' might not be understood outside of scientific communities.

Specialized Usage

 It is not. Religion is also moral discernment, an embrace of doubt, a commitment to detach from self and serve others, a challenge to repair the world.