Top 450 Bryant McGill Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.”

— Bryant McGill

352. “One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.”

— Bryant McGill

353. “Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.”

— Bryant McGill

354. “I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.”

— Bryant McGill

355. “Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Bryant McGill

357. “The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Bryant McGill

359. “Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully.”

— Bryant McGill

360. “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.”

— Bryant McGill

361. “Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity.”

— Bryant McGill

362. “Painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.”

— Bryant McGill

363. “Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.” – Benjamin Franklin.”

— Bryant McGill

364. “If you can be kind to people, you will be a genius in this world.”

— Bryant McGill

365. “You have to accept that you’ll never be good enough for some people. Whether that is going to be your problem or theirs is up to you.”

— Bryant McGill

366. “Many an injustice is presented as solution and gift.”

— Bryant McGill

367. “Wisdom doesn’t come easily or without a cost; in fact, wisdom often costs us dearly. Your wisdom will run about as deep as the pain that has cut you. There are very few shortcuts in life, if any.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Bryant McGill

369. “Life’s pressure is equal to your resistance. Your grief has endless time. Your sadness is bottomless. Your worries are relentless. Your resentment is unquenchable. Your fears are unmovable. Every dimension of your suffering will instruct you, until you have learned your essential lessons.”

— Bryant McGill

370. “The world is starving for leaders who are not afraid to dismantle the sacred and precious beliefs, which hold us as prisoners of the past.”

— Bryant McGill

371. “Witness each moment in astounded jubilation. Take every holy breath in gratitude. Rejoice in life!”

— Bryant McGill

372. “The reason America is in its death-throes is because America has lost moral authority.”

— Bryant McGill

373. “On the still calm waters of surrender, the reflections of clarity appear.”

— Bryant McGill

374. “People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind-spot.”

— Bryant McGill

375. “One of the most radical and revolutionary things you can do is grow your own food and eat from the land.”

— Bryant McGill

376. “When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds.”

— Bryant McGill

377. “If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.”

— Bryant McGill

378. “Even when something is not your fault, toxic blame has no place in your life. Focus on your own empowerment and healing.”

— Bryant McGill

379. “Love toxic people from a distance.”

— Bryant McGill

380. “Crying is like a thundershower for the soul. The air feels so wonderful after the rain. Don’t think too much. Breathe. Don’t be harsh or demanding on yourself. Just experience your feelings and know that your tears are announcing change in your life. Change is coming; like a summer rain – to wash away your pain. Have faith that things are getting better.”

— Bryant McGill

381. “We must resist in-group thinking and practice seeing every soul as a brother or sister in a larger grouping of humans on earth.”

— Bryant McGill

382. “Global libertarianism would be a borderless world society.”

— Bryant McGill

383. “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.”

— Bryant McGill

384. “By disobeying immoral orders, that individual preserves the institution’s highest rank – dignity.”

— Bryant McGill

385. “In silence there is a perfection which any toil injures.”

— Bryant McGill

386. “The pain of humanity’s most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance.”

— Bryant McGill

387. “When someone is vicious toward you they are giving you a glimpse of the pain they carry in themselves.”

— Bryant McGill

388. “Your suffering needs to be respected. Don’t try to ignore the hurt, because it is real. Just let the hurt soften you instead of hardening you. Let the hurt open you instead of closing you. Let the hurt send you looking for those who will accept you instead of hiding from those who reject you.”

— Bryant McGill

389. “You can only access the beautiful world through faith by truthfully embracing beauty and caring.”

— Bryant McGill

390. “It is not your job to make anyone else happy.”

— Bryant McGill

391. “We are all made complete by our pain.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Bryant McGill

393. “Each positive thought is your refuge and your sanctuary, where in that thoughtful moment, you are safe.”

— Bryant McGill

394. “Sometimes it is best to stand back from conflict and allow other elements in someone’s life to do the hard work for you.”

— Bryant McGill

395. “The inherent prejudice in unnaturally-produced nationalism causes a form of cultural blindness, which prevents us from seeing the obvious ways we could co-exist in the world as a co-operative human family.”

— Bryant McGill

396. “Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don’t be your own worst enemy!”

— Bryant McGill

397. “Some people have abusive, negative, controlling tendencies in their blood; they are wired for havoc, bickering and deception.”

— Bryant McGill

398. “When people have poor confidence in the future, you can be confident of a poor future.”

— Bryant McGill

399. “There is a difference between giving-up and strategic disengagement. Know the difference.”

— Bryant McGill

400. “Once you connect with yourself, it is impossible to be lonely or desperate.”

— Bryant McGill