Bryant McGill Quotes

Boundaries and risk management are very important parts of living a healthy and positive life.

Too much aggression and work will move what you desire further away.

Change will never happen if you lack the ability and courage to see yourself for who you really are.

Once you let the truth loose it is like setting a fire that you can't stop.

Fear is a prison where you are the jailer. Free yourself!

It is the garden of peace you seek, but it is not a tangible place that exists in the world - it is within. Go there, within.

In the inconceivably vast and humbling unknown called "everything", is a supreme inter-communication called, spirituality.

There is truth and knowledge beyond understanding.

Often, men want money to get women, or to use women to get money, or both at the same time.

Let your brilliance be expressed through kindness.

The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace.

Your suffering is here to help you unfold and to awaken into compassion, love and strength.

Spirituality will take you like love; it seduces you from contemplation to completeness.

Mindfulness and awareness will allow you to participate in your life rather than only reacting to life. Through practicing mindfulness, you can begin to enjoy the simple things in life that have been lost in the clutter.

It is through our pain that we emerge.

We must reprogram ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition.

Since the human mind is the primary weapon of the human being, it is also therefore the primary and most significant instrument of violence.

You are not defining your purpose - your purpose is defining you.

A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous or uncomfortable, just speak your truth. Instead of acting like everything is all right, proclaim it isn't alright, and talk about your feelings! Honor your truth. Honor yourself. Be real.

It is easy; just be to have.

Zen movement is a meditative practice.

The storm is out there and every one of us must eventually face the storm. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide-open. Being broken open by the storm is your only hope. When you are broken open you get to discover for the first time what is inside you. Some people never get to see what is inside them; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never broken open by the storm. So, don't run from your pain - run into your pain. Let life's storm shatter you.

Only when you decide to truly live can you be free of your fears, and only when you are free of your fears can you truly live.

The transformation of the world takes place in your heart.

You are nothing less than a miracle!

Nature is the supreme cradle of life, and must be protected and treated with the highest respect and care.

All defensiveness stems from the need to be right and frustration over not being able to control others.

Accept that you can and will do what you must do, to take good care of yourself.

Maybe you are a pig and don't even know it.

Peace for the whole world begins with a smile in your own heart.

Quit lying to yourself and accept your power and beauty. Liberate yourself from the slow-death you call life.

In a world of sleepwalkers an awakened mind is a teacher and a catalyst for new awakenings, whether they want to be or not.

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

All truthful music is familiar to the ear, for its notes were written into our souls long ago.

May you receive the wisdom of your wounds and may you live your life even larger than your pain.

No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens.

It is never too late to begin living your own dream.

The keys to health and weight-loss: stress reduction, sleep, deep breathing, clean water, complete nutrition, sunshine, walking, stretching, meditation, love, community, laughter, dreams, perseverance, purpose, humility, action.

We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves.

Humanity has been institutionalized and we are all the products of commercial and institutional life.

Your dream is only possible through a clear intention and patience.

They say the world has always struggled with injustice and always will. But change is more possible than ever before.

Become dangerously open to all points of view. Are you dangerously open, or safely closed?

We can only save ourselves through elevating our individual consciousness, by realizing there is already completeness within, and exercising as much considerate independence, respect and fairness as is possible.

The fish does not know it is wet. America is immersed in violence. The violence is in our souls. The enemy is within.

On the still calm waters of surrender, the reflections of clarity appears.

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

A thrilling, brilliant and electrifying life is yours the moment you wake-up.

Deep-rooted beliefs are one of the many consequences of intellect, and also of ignorance; and telling one from the other is sometimes impossible.

From generation to generation, America should never be the same country.

A more wonderful life and a more beautiful world is one thought away.

Want and belief in lack shrink your opportunities.

We co-create when we reach out and touch souls. Like rays of light - where they converge - twice as bright.

Nationalism as we know it, is the result of a form of state-sponsored branding.

Success is not only in the hand; it is in the heart.

There is a self-destructive program running in the consciousness of humanity, and we must write a new program.

The highway of human possibility extends on forever into unknown territories, which have not yet been imagined.

The path to transcendence is unrecognized by many because it appears ordinary.

Do not wallow in your mistakes. Do not grovel and prostrate yourself in hopes of forgiveness. We all make mistakes. Apologize and move forward. Do not replay the event in your head. Do not continue to beat yourself up. Do not profusely explain, defend yourself, make excuses or blame. After you apologize, do no more explaining; never explain more than once - ever.

The narrow, middle, common-ground is the life-raft in a turbulent sea of extremism. We are overwhelmed by common hopes.

Love is not about finding the right person, but about being the right person.

Sometimes, to escape a bad relationship and reclaim our lives, we have to break a piece of our heart off, like a wolf chews its leg off to escape a steel trap.

Love foods that sustain and protect you, and love you back.

One positive thought is the victory you need today!

Our creations are the outward expressions of our inner truths.

Common sense will only get you a common life.

All identification is for control and ownership.

When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived.

Beyond the clumsy, brute force tools of will, determination and hard work - and free from the heavy attachment of want, and the illusions of burden and blocks, is the true technology of creation through beingness.

You will always receive what your attitudes insist of your worthiness.

Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people.

If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain - in time you will move through your pain.

Being love-filled and beautiful is almost unconquerable.

The fearful person wilts and submits to what they call fate. The fearless negotiates with fate for a compromise.

Love is not about others; love is a practice of self-mastery.

Forgiving is an inward act that establishes outer boundaries; it is an undefeatable triumph of self-compassion that proclaims you are no longer a victim.

Rest your mind for a moment in the peace of knowing you were created and you do exist.

Minimalism means not trying to improve perfection.

Pain does not define us, neither does joy; our deepest definition is independent of our experiences.

When you reveal all you cheat the observer of their contribution.

Beautiful food and health are priceless.

You can choose better relationships, better jobs, better places to live, better uses of your time and better ways of treating yourself.

If you have a poverty of heart then you are the poorest among the poor.

Women are controlled by men like a currency of the world.

While the ingrates duke-it-out about the true God, you take each breath in holy gratitude.

I am a haystack in a needle of time.

You are so much more than your mistakes.

Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy.

Free your mind and free yourself from brand slavery.

We make junk, we consume junk and we are junk.

Who you are; that is, who you choose to be - your identity, works in your life like an invisible hand.

You are the first person who you should treat with humility. Respect yourself and let it overflow to others.

You will never know anyone more intimately than yourself. Love yourself and be good to yourself.

A talent is no talent, unless it is used for the benefit of other people.

Maybe you're dead inside and don't even know it.

Religious fundamentalism, magical thinking and self-delusion, have been justifications for some of the most horrific atrocities in human history.

Women do not need a knight in shining armor or a Prince Charming to come to their rescue.

You are worthless to others if you don't know your own self and self-worth.

A society that has destroyed freedom and beauty must itself be destroyed.

Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.