We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed.
— Bryant H. McGill
The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.
Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.
Do you want to know what you are? You are a creator. At every moment you are creating. The real question is, what are you creating?
There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.
The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.
The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.
You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.
The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.
Materialism is an identity crisis.
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.
Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.
When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created.
Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.
Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.
If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.
Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.
Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.
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.
There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.
The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.
The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.
The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.
The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.
The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.
All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.
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.
There is no happiness outside of ourselves.
Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.
You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.
Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.
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.
True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.
The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.
The common person fears to think beyond the common.
