Top 100 Bryant H. McGill Quotes
#1. Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
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#2. Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
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#3. Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
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#4. When we are at peace with ourselves the total expression of that true peace includes our outer being; our body.
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#5. Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.
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#6. I was advocating for world peace, but I was waging a violent war against my own body. I was speaking about poverty and starvation, but I was eating more than my fair share. I was a hypocrite.
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#8. In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.
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#9. Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.
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#10. True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
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#11. We can each immediately liberate ourselves as victims in the world, through solidifying an intent to act.
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#12. Surrender is the path to freedom through our unique authenticity, where we experience the flow of life not through the narrow lens of the mind, but through the vast refuge of the heart.
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#13. The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.
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#14. The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.
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#15. I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.
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#16. The more something upsets you, the more it is meant for you. When it no longer upsets you, it is no longer needed because the lesson is complete.
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#17. American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
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#19. Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
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#20. Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
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#21. Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
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#22. It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
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#23. If you want good things to happen in your life you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.
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#24. When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your original-self; a self uncorrupted by the world's false lessons of fear and control.
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#25. True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
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#26. Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.
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#28. Let people speak. Let people disagree. Communicate. Listen. Have high-respect, if not for your opponent, then for your own comportment and conduct as a good listener.
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#30. Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for in life.
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#31. The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.
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#32. One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.
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#33. It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.
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#34. Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
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#35. Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
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#36. The only thing you will get from common sense, is a common life. Be uncommon and have uncommon sense.
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#37. Mean people are really just sad people. They hurt others because they are hurting. Every person is born beautiful, and much of the ugliness in others was put inside of them by other hurting people.
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#38. Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.
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#39. He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.
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#40. Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
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#42. No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.
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#43. Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.
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#44. Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
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#45. True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.
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#46. There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
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#47. The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.
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#48. The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.
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#49. When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created.
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#50. Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.
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#51. I learned that peace is prosperity and health is true wealth, and it is never too late to love yourself again.
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#52. Want ever so gently. Invite your desires to you like you call a cat. Any aggressive move toward your goals will chase them away.
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#53. The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.
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#54. Do you want to know what you are? You are a creator. At every moment you are creating. The real question is, what are you creating?
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#55. Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
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#56. Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.
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#57. There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.
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#58. When trying to teach someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary and more from the way the boundary was established.
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#60. What I remember the most about my childhood is constant fear and "good food." I don't want to get into the greasy, buttery, deep-fried, fatty, sugary, meaty, barbecued details here, but with no knowledge of healthy lifestyles or positive psychology, time took its toll on me.
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#61. Letting go of your painful past is how you open yourself to a wonderful future.
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#62. Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.
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#63. Through meditation and gentle cooperation, the body will heal itself with little or no effort.
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#64. The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.
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#65. You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.
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#66. The ultimate question of who we are is set before us at all times and answered with every action.
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#67. The real violence is committed in the writing of history, the records of the legal system, the reporting of news, through the manipulation of social contracts, and the control of information.
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#68. The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.
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#69. Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.
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#70. Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.
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#71. It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.
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#73. Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form.
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#74. Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.
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#75. There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.
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#76. Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
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#78. The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
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#79. Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
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#80. Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.
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#81. If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.
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#82. Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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#83. Change can be beautiful when we are brave enough to evolve with it, and change can be brutal when we fearfully resist.
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#84. The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.
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#85. Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
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#87. Don't change just so people will like you! Like yourself and your relationships will change. There are people who will love you for - YOU.
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#89. Stop your worrying, panicking and stressing. Breathe. Remember, you made it this far through difficulties that seemed impossible. Remember how many times you were saved at the very last minute
this time is no different.
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#90. The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.
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#91. In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!
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#92. The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.
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#93. Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.
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#94. It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.
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#95. The nightmare spirit of control has always been, and is, profoundly stupid.
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#96. In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.
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#98. Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.
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#99. We are here to spend ourselves on others; for each person is a great treasure.
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#100. Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.
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