Bryant H. McGill Quotes
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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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Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
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Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
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Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
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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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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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The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
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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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Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.
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Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.
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Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.
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Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
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Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
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No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
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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.
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Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.
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The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.
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American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
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The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
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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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The common person fears to think beyond the common.
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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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There is no happiness outside of ourselves.
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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.