Bryant McGill, Voice Of Reason Quotes
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.
Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.
When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.
We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.
The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.
If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.
Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.
We must be free, but to have real freedom, you must be wild and free yourself.
People have moments of consciousness and epiphanies throughout their lives, but then suppress the realization.
Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.
We must reprogram ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition.
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.
Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.
The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.
The solution to nearly every problem in the world comes down to greater awareness, compassion, and empathy.
One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.
Cultivate clarity, strength, vitality and power from natural, beautiful and organic living foods.
Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries.
Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy.
We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day.
Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being.
Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
There is a deep interconnectedness of all life on earth, from the tiniest organisms, to the largest ecosystems, and absolutely between each person.
Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.
We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.
Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.
The ignoramus crow of "love it or leave it" omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it.
One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.
We must understand that out of community and dialogue, the answers will arrive in their own time and way.
We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which are sensitive to the delicate and fragile balance of life.
The power of getting to know one another is so immense, eclipsed only by first getting to know ourselves.
Those who see the world through the lens of love are the true visionaries.
Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you.
