Bryant McGill

Author, Speaker and Activist

Bryant McGill is a best-selling author, speaker and activist in the fields of self-development, personal freedom and human rights. He is an iconic personality and cultural critic, whose prolific writings have reached millions of people and appeared in thousands of works by other authors, educators and social leaders. His writings on values have been featured at the prestigious Foundation for a Better Life, who has called McGill one of “the brightest minds in human history.” In an official Congressional commendation, the nation’s leaders applauded McGill’s, “highly commendable life’s work,” as an Ambassador of Goodwill. He is the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize nominated, Goodwill Treaty for World Peace. His writings and small aphorisms have been published in over 120 books and translated into 15 languages by publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Random House, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw Hill, For Dummies and Writer's Digest. His writings are used in the curriculum at the university level, have been implemented into a campus installation at Bangkok University, and have received positive reviews from professors at Columbia, Stanford and NYU.

Bryant is a sought after speaker who has delivered speeches with diverse groups, from the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office and Chief of the LAPD, to the United Nations, with Dr. Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and the UN Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs. He has appeared nationally on network television, and his message is regularly heard on satellite and major market radio stations. Bryant was the front-page cover story of the WALL STREET JOURNAL relating to his expertise with social media, and protecting people from identity theft and cyber-bulling.

As a coaching and positive psychology thought-leader, McGill's writings have been endorsed by the former president of the American Psychological Association. His writings have appeared in publications such as Psychology Today, in peer-reviewed psychology journals, and in curriculum materials for mental health professionals. His works have been referenced and published by educational authorities such as the dean of NYU School of Medicine and Dartmouth University, and have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. McGill is on a quest to prove that life is still beautiful, and that all people have the power to have a better life and world — NOW.

To learn more about Bryant's work visit: BryantMcGill.com

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Freedom, respect and commonwealth form the triad par excellence of any creative culture. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

Brilliance and super-creativity can only be cultivated and recognized by creative brilliance itself. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (1)

If you want cutting-edge genius from your employees, what are you providing equally cutting-edge and genius? by @BryantMcGill (14)

True brilliance is wild and messy, not obedient or orderly. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

No matter the source of our creation let us give honor to that source. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (31)

Pause your opinions, debating and absolute knowing for long enough to conceive gratitude. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (12)

There is no room for reverence in a mind fettered with ceaseless query. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (30)

Even discomfort or pain delivers awareness of life, and an opportunity for gratitude. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (16)

Life is so big. Do not try to fill it. Instead, expand within. You are enough for you. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (15)

Every word you speak is a prayer, or meditation of reinforcement which creates permanence. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

Words can be used to declare war, and words can be used to declare peace. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (28)

Monocultures create mind-monopolies. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (65)

Monoculture hates diversity of all types, especially diversity of opinion, and is therefore the enemy of free speech. by @BryantMcGill (5)

Monocultural forces want you to forget your childhood dreams, grow up, look the same, act the same and be the same. by @BryantMcGill (7)

Turn to your community and the great earth for sustenance and knowledge. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (29)

Reform of violence begins with rejection of violence; not propagation. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (31)

When we consume violent entertainment it becomes a part of our experiential identity. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (16)

We are what we think about and meditate on. Look around people! America is a buffet of violence; a total immersion. by @BryantMcGill (7)

Violent games and their sycophants are simply a sign of a civilization in deep moral crisis. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (9)

Finding beauty in the common is the sign of a gifted mind. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (43)

Each moment of gratitude awareness reveals the total beauty which surrounds you. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

As long as you are waiting for something to make you happy--happiness will never come. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (15)

Find your own joy within and then greater joy will be added to you. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (34)

The gift of life is present at every moment--even moments that seem insignificant or unpleasant. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (5)

Surround yourself with beautiful and positive people, who love you and believe in you. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (15)

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (24)

Become a very cautious consumer scrutinizing everything that you allow into your mind. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (15)

Love softens the hardest edges of life's tumult. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (53)

Love is not about others; love is a practice of self-mastery. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (40)

Love is a lifelong practice. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (73)

One who walks in love sees the world through the envelope of their mission. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (26)

When we are at peace with ourselves the total expression of that true peace includes our outer being; our body. by @BryantMcGill (11)

It is never too late to love yourself again. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (57)

If you don't like something in your life, look only at who you are. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (34)

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you. by @BryantMcGill (10)

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

Lead your life with love and friendship; self-love as your own friend. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (31)

Worrying and power are polar opposites. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (62)

Life has a way of shining on people who stand in the sunshine of kind actions. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

How we treat other people changes them, but even more so, how we treat other people changes us. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (6)

A talent is no talent, unless it is used for the benefit of other people. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (28)

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. by @BryantMcGill (3)

The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people. by @BryantMcGill (4)

Service heals the recipient and the giver. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (59)

You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (29)

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (22)

Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (30)

We may know our true purpose in life, because we may choose our purpose in life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

We can decide to take a radical departure from what we accept as reality. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (28)

Just beyond the horizon of the so-called impossible is infinite possibility. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (25)

Question everything, including yourself. Have the courage to question yourself. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (22)

No-one is going to die for you, so don't let anyone to tell you how to live while you are alive. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (5)

The intense spirit of competition must be tempered with great desire for cooperation. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (16)

We carry within us the enormity of possibility that gave birth to everything that has been made in the world. by @BryantMcGill (13)

We are sitting on top of a vast cultural and historical pyramid of accumulated misconceptions, lies and myths. by @BryantMcGill (12)

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery. by @BryantMcGill (14)

We must abandon that which makes us feel safe. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (55)

We lead by doing; we lead by being. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (66)

Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (25)

All revolution begins with self. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (69)

True creation requires authority and authenticity. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (51)

When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (34)

Love heals violence and all its sources. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (61)

All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (25)

We have been trained by a culture of violence and we are all agents of passive violence. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

All of our relationships are based on self-interest, discrimination and a perverse need for gain. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery. by @BryantMcGill (17)

Humanity has been institutionalized and we are all the products of commercial and institutional life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (0)

Our children are bullies in school, because they are our children. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (35)

We cannot trust our own minds, traditions and beliefs. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (47)

We become prisoners through unnatural consumption, because we must continue to feed to live. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (9)

Love only serves and does not calculate. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (61)

Love gives without expectation, while hate carries an endless tally of debts. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (24)

Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. by @BryantMcGill (4)

As free as you allow others to be, such freedom you create for yourself. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (29)

Close your eyes to what apparently "is," and look inward to the infinite truth of what is possible through imagination. by @BryantMcGill (3)

The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (37)

The expansion of your own consciousness, love capacity, humility and compassion--this is the path; this is the way. by @BryantMcGill (7)

Those who see the world through the lens of love are the true visionaries. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (27)

Fear is the greatest enemy; the father of all suffering, and love is the only cure for humanity's great afflictions. by @BryantMcGill (6)

What we do to others, we do to ourselves. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (60)

Afford every person you encounter the wide and free passage they need to express themselves. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (9)

Have high-respect, if not for your opponent, then for your own comportment and conduct as a good listener. by @BryantMcGill (16)

Any law, or law body enabling injustice, must be reformed, and must be relentlessly ignored, with loving contempt. by @BryantMcGill (8)

No law should allow or promote the silencing of opinions, or the directing or disbanding of peaceable assembly. by @BryantMcGill (11)

Never stand by and allow a hand of intimidation to be placed upon the sacred and free body of an unwilling participant. by @BryantMcGill (3)

Never allow a monster to reach into the mind or heart, and silence a free soul, with fear and threat of liberty lost. by @BryantMcGill (5)

The simple things in life are the greatest gifts. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (52)

We must have clean air and water, and beautiful natural foods for everyone, everywhere. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (14)

Technology can only aid the will, thus it is the will and our choices which determine everything. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

Sharing IS caring. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (83)

Do not be limited by the judgements of others. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (55)

The individual cannot exist outside of the many spheres of the deeply interconnected webs of life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (3)

We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune. by @BryantMcGill (10)

The graveyards are full of antiquated thinking. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

"Elders" often suggest young people should "respect" them, but what they really mean is submit to control. by @BryantMcGill (16)

Life is like a breath, out with the old, and in with the new. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (40)

So-called "respect" is often a tool within the language of moralistic judgement of a domination culture. by @BryantMcGill (18)

Young people. Don't "respect" your "elders," rather respect yourself. Real self-respect includes respect for others. by @BryantMcGill (6)

None are wise except those who can listen. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (59)

Real respect is more concerned with your freedom than your obedience. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (32)

When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

The master action to move forward, is a form of inaction; being still and quiet. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

Let go of everything. That is how you get everything; you let go of everything. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (22)

Your true purpose is to become your own unique self, and to do so with happiness and freedom from fear. by @BryantMcGill (19)

The most effective form of creation is an act of cooperation, not force. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (29)

There is no greater path than the act of listening. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (50)

Too much aggression and work will move what you desire further away. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (33)

All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (8)

Every moment you are open, as a humble student, you are surrounded with infinite possibilities of choice. by @BryantMcGill (17)

A life of success comes from seeking a life of beauty. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (47)

Being yourself in a world which wants you to be someone else, is the highest possible attainment. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

The art of surrender is the art of getting out of the way of your own growth. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (24)

Success, just like poverty, is a state of mind. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

It is the garden of peace you seek, but it is not a tangible place that exists in the world - it is within. by @BryantMcGill (15)

Your greater purpose is already written in the fabric of your being; your purpose awaits your arrival. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (0)

If you nurture a beautiful garden in your heart, the singing bird will come and fill your world with beautiful music. by @BryantMcGill (5)

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

The power of getting to know one another is so immense, eclipsed only by first getting to know ourselves. by @BryantMcGill (17)

Meeting another human is always a sacred event. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (10)

Kindness is the supreme intelligence. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (64)

Let your brilliance be expressed through kindness. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (51)

If you can be kind to people, you will be a genius in this world. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (36)

All success comes through other people. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (62)

You get most things in life not by taking, but by giving. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (44)

Giving is the key to all success in all applications of human life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (34)

The act of true giving is indistinguishable from receiving. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

It is critical to know that service heals the recipient and the giver. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (31)

We must be kind and gentle gardeners with people and nature. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (41)

The total sphere of life demands we treat the environment with a level of respect we could only term, self-respect. by @BryantMcGill (7)

Environmentalism is about life itself, because the environment is the space where all life happens. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (2)

In consumer life we become what we consume--disposable junk to be used and thrown away. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (14)

Human products see the world as a grand carnival of products. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (40)

When people are treated as creators versus products, materialism diminishes. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (25)

Creative producers understand value as something internal to give, [rather than] something external to get. by @BryantMcGill (15)

When people are treated like a product, they become obsessed with materialism. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

Reject the contract of existing as a corporate slave and as a disposable human product. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (14)

The master of any craft is first a master of self; cooperating with innate intelligence within. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (6)

Experience the flow of life not through the narrow lens of the mind, but through the vast refuge of the heart. by @BryantMcGill (12)

The boardroom is the ultimate war-room, where history's most destructive acts have been orchestrated. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (0)

Acts of economic war and violence are commonly perpetrated against people with a "gentleman's" handshake and a smile. by @BryantMcGill (5)

The official uniform of competitive business is the euro war-dress called a suit. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (20)

Extreme fiscal bloodsport competitors are the top predator savages of the concrete jungle. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

Who you are is the ultimate form of marketing. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (55)

Flowers are first and foremost in the advertising business. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

We are a material goods and brands, hunter-gather society of hominids standing upright to shop. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (6)

Consumer transhumanism is about the quasi-cybernetic peripheral adornment of gadgets, handbags and designer glasses. by @BryantMcGill (6)

Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when triggered. by @BryantMcGill (11)

The new slavery is consumerism. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (70)

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (34)

Peace IS Prosperity. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (81)

No belief or idea is sacred, unless it treats all people as sacred. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (34)

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (20)

Peace for the whole world begins with a smile in your own heart. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (37)

The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (43)

To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (26)

Be the love you seek. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (80)

The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (0)

Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (19)

The truth is now as it was yesterday, and as it always will be, that the world is-as we are. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (9)

The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (22)

Our creations are the outward expressions of our inner truths. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (39)

When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite. by @BryantMcGill (13)

If you are competing with slaves, then you are a slave yourself. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (37)

There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (15)

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (25)

There is no battle or engagement with any institution, company or government; it is always an engagement of ideas. by @BryantMcGill (8)

Respect is the lifeblood of progress, and the safe harbor of humanity's great aspirations. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

Without love and compassion, nothing is sacred. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens. by @BryantMcGill (6)

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. by @BryantMcGill (3)

Many an injustice is presented as solution and gift. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (49)

If you cannot be openminded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (0)

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in their understanding of things. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (37)

Prejudice comes from insecurity and its spiritually infantile need of belonging. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

Rejecting predatory capitalism in America is a way to respect and honor America. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

The ignoramus crow of "love it or leave it" omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it. by @BryantMcGill (18)

Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (33)

Questioning ourselves and our country is healthy and essential. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (38)

The mythology of freedom under capitalism for the average person is a con job. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (26)

Cooperation is a higher moral principle than competition. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (44)

Nationalism as we know it, is the result of a form of state-sponsored branding. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (22)

The national identity is a consumer identity. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (56)

Patriotism is merely deeply-rooted government brand loyalty. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (41)

National pride is the culmination of a lifetime public relations campaign of psychological mind-control techniques. by @BryantMcGill (7)

The outer world is a reflection of our inner selves. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (49)

All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (44)

We have lost our humanity to the decimal point. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

The total commoditization of the natural world has placed a veritable lien against the spirit of nature. by @BryantMcGill (18)

The system has already anticipated the freedom seeking mechanism in humans. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (26)

Almost everything a person thinks is a lie, and an assault against the natural soul. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (17)

You are not who you think you are; you are someone else's ideas. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (37)

You have been produced according to your primal appetites, and you are a product. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (20)

The world, as it is, is not a permanent reality, but is a temporary product of our choices as creators. by @BryantMcGill (19)

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain. by @BryantMcGill (19)

The war consciousness is a living meme; a parasitic blight on the soul of human consciousness. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (7)

The woman must be restored to her rightful place, as the strong, loving maternal leader of peace and reason. by @BryantMcGill (14)

Assaults against women and children are assaults against any potential positive future for the world. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (0)

We are all a part of a culture of violence that dominates every aspect of our lives. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (17)

Love is the perfect safety, or the perfect weapon. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (51)

We need to begin to see hyper-masculinity as the disorder it is, and not as a strength. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (14)

If children's tears could be made into diamonds, corporate thugs would indenture children and force them to cry. by @BryantMcGill (10)

The violence inherent in the institutions, corporations and governments is without competition. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (6)

Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

We are violence. Our children are bullies in school, because they are our children. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (18)

You are what you consume, and as an organism and consciousness, you in fact become a commodity and predator yourself. by @BryantMcGill (5)

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (10)

As beings who have been raised, educated and trained in violence, we are violence. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (19)

We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves. by @BryantMcGill (5)

The government holds its self-preservation as its highest imperative. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (32)

Control is violence; cooperation is friendship. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

The war for freedom is an information war fought with words, misdirections, distractions and omissions. by @BryantMcGill (19)

Let us only consider a true profit to be that which is for the greater good of all. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (18)

From coast-to-coast, any-town USA looks like the same sprawling strip mall, from sea to shining sea. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (1)

As an organism there is nothing more relevant or sacred than what you put into your body. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (12)

Food is a part of our contract with life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (60)

Social mind-diseases arise out of crowding people into limited choice-spaces of artificially homogenized environments. by @BryantMcGill (4)

Franchises and machines create identical uniformity, for equally indistinguishable buyers. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

The coveted perfect life is a created standard, which is purposely unattainable. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

Images, idols and fixations on conformity and unattainable perfection make us illusion-prisoners. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

There is no happiness outside of ourselves. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (58)

Being a human product, versus a producer, makes people feel powerless as ultimately disposable commodities. by @BryantMcGill (15)

In consumer life we become what we consume-disposable junk to be used and thrown away. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (15)

When we buy junk, we become junk. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (68)

A disposable society is only fit for disposable people. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (46)

We make junk, we consume junk and we are junk. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (55)

Materialism is an identity crisis. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (67)

We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (44)

Consumer asceticism leads to a monoculture of deprivation, which is the opposite of diversity and openness. by @BryantMcGill (15)

You can best change the system by engaging the system to explore its strengths and weaknesses. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (7)

Nature is the supreme cradle of life, and must be protected and treated with the highest respect and care. by @BryantMcGill (16)

There is a base impulse in humans, which when kindled and set free, will even burn-up the hand that set the spark. by @BryantMcGill (8)

To risk one's life for the sake of others is heroic, but to risk one's life in the support of maleficence is villainy. by @BryantMcGill (4)

One of the most important things you can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. by @BryantMcGill (12)

The ultimate question of who we are is set before us at all times and answered with every action. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

It is a high spiritual truth that we create with our judgements. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (37)

The silent heroic traitor is always the master source of new eras of progress. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (23)

It is in the prisons that we hide away our shame and thoughtless creations as a society. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

The nature of oppression can be very tame, and often goes by the false name of civility. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

It is with a cold and inhumane civility that many great crimes are carried out against the warm hearts of good people. by @BryantMcGill (4)

Freedom is wild, and to be free we must at times live dangerously and wildly. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (24)

Let us revolt against the nightmare, and work together for a kinder world. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (27)

A person who wants nothing fears nothing. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (60)

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (52)

The nightmare spirit of control has always been, and is, profoundly stupid. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (26)

We have a responsibility to disobey and violate unjust rules and laws. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (31)

If one cannot speak their truth, and be their own truth, then what is life beyond an unbearable lie? by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (1)

Change, like time, will wait until the graveyards are full of old ideas. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (29)

Much of education today focuses on obedience skills rather than critical thinking skills. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (12)

There can be no revolution without an overthrow of the institutions of education. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (20)

The spirit of discovery cannot be cultivated on an assembly line of desks in classrooms. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

Real education is valuable, no matter where it comes from: an ivy league school, a public library or your grandmother. by @BryantMcGill (4)

The crumbling establishment needs fertile young minds more than young people need the establishment. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (1)

Real education creates revolutionaries rather than suppressing them. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (33)

Like all cowards, brutes in any number flee when their spell of fear has no effect. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (18)

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (27)

We love most those who we serve most. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (64)

True community has been nearly eviscerated, and a tactile-less mockery of community has been put in its place. by @BryantMcGill (12)

Giving yourself is the ultimate revolution! by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (58)

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (36)

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (20)

The one and only true freedom we ALL possess is what we think; and our intentions govern what we think. by @BryantMcGill (19)

The most powerful tools of revolution through intention are humility and consciousness. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (14)

Slaves are created with words, and so it is with words that we create, and set ourselves free. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (7)

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (22)

In a world of hate, love is the revolution. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (58)

The freest societies are in a constant state of revolution. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (58)

Creativity flourishes where there is freedom. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (56)

Be beautiful and you are doing your part to create a more beautiful world. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (27)

Everyone's fear is equal. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (76)

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

The common person fears to think beyond the common. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (50)

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (50)

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (47)

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (4)

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (12)

Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (10)

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (2)

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used, than a powerful one that is idle. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (11)

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (40)

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. by @BryantMcGill (12)

Common sense will only get you a common life. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (56)

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (40)

Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

The way a message is delivered, IS the message. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

You are only responsible for the effort, not the outcome. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (44)

All things are possible through invitation and love. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (49)

Life is a practice. When you 'fail,' you can immediately begin practicing again. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (21)

Peace is a way of constructively handling natural conflict. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (42)

There is really only one true way to progress; fix yourself. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (41)

Life is a practice. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (82)

The intellect can only think about or analyze joy, but cannot feel it. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (31)

Zero control; that is true love. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (69)

Violent consumption demands violent production. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (54)

Educate yourself. Learn everything you can and then let knowledge yield to kindness. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (17)

Become a dignitary by treating yourself with dignity. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (48)

Every massacre starts with the tongue. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (63)

A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (3)

We label people to control them. All labels are for control. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (41)

The best practice is to be around people who absolutely disagree. Grace in conflict is a study in love. by @BryantMcGill (19)

Being 'smart' is a total spectrum of behaviors; it is about balance--not just intellect. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (13)

There is a simple path to follow, that appears only when you calm your mind. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (25)

The most effective form of activism is kindness. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (53)

Ugliness sees ugliness; beauty sees beauty. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (58)

As our heart soars, we fly with it! Let love take you places! by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (40)

The number one skill in life is not giving up. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (55)

We are all constructed out of our self dialogue. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (53)

Children are everything we could have been. by @BryantMcGill http://smpl.ws/az (58)