The theories of men changed from day to day. Much that is taught new will tomorrow be in the discard, but the word of the Lord will endure forever.
The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague. . . Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead. . . Let every head of household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues-honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness and greed.
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of our life is dead and buried or shrouded in uncertainty. Short is the life we lead, and small our patch of earth.
Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.
The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.
I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.
Above all, discard the irrelevant.
Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts.
You got to be yourself, you got to discard all the bull and get YOU across. . . and get what you have to say across.
Discard every self-seeking motive as soon as it is seen, and you need not search for truth; truth will find you.
The most difficult mental process of all is to consider objectively any concept which, if accepted as fact, will toss into discard a lifetime of training and experience.
Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain.
We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers.
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
The notion that you could discard the old world and now make a new one. This is what was so bad about Modernism.
To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard. If one changes internally one should not continue to live with the same objects. They reflect one's mind and psyche of yesterday. I throw away what has no dynamic, living use.
He should discard the texts altogether, as the man who seeks rice discards the husk.
Goethe said there would be little left of him if he were to discard what he owed to others.
