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Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
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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.
Bryant H. McGill
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Materialism is an identity crisis.
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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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Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
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There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
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The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
Bryant H. McGill -
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.
Bryant H. McGill
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Suffering is one of life's great teachers.
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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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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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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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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.
Bryant H. McGill -
The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
Bryant H. McGill
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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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Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
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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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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.
Bryant H. McGill -
Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
Bryant H. McGill -
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
Bryant H. McGill
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Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
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Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.
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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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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.
Bryant H. McGill