Bryant H. McGill
Bryant H. McGill
Bryant Harrison McGillis an American author, aphorist, speaker, and activist in the fields of self-development, personal freedom, and human rights. His writings and small aphorisms have been published in hundreds of books and are regularly used in newspapers, political speeches, network TV programs, university and library installations, peer-reviewed journals, academic papers and theses, and by university presidents and deans in non-violence programs and college ceremonies. McGill is a United Nations appointed Global Champion for the rights of women and girls,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 November 1969
CountryUnited States of America
I was advocating for world peace, but I was waging a violent war against my own body. I was speaking about poverty and starvation, but I was eating more than my fair share. I was a hypocrite.
My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome.
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
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.
One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.
Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery.
Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.
I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.
The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.
The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.
Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.
The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.