Bryant H. McGill's Quotes

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.

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?

Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.

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.

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.

Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.

Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.

Self-made men often worship their creator.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.

The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.

We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed.

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.

When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

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.

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.

The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

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.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.

It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.