Bryant McGill
Bryant McGill is a human potential thought leader, international bestselling author, activist, and social entrepreneur. He is one of the world's top social media influencers reaching a billion people a year. His prolific writings have been published in thousands of books and publications, including a New York Times bestselling series, and his Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, read by over 60 million people. He was the subject of a front-page story in the WSJ, has appeared in Forbes, Nasdaq's leadership series, and was listed in Inc. Magazine as one of, "the greatest leaders, writers and thinkers of all time."
McGill is a United Nations appointed Global Champion and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, who received a Congressional commendation applauding his, "highly commendable life's work," as an Ambassador of Goodwill. His thoughts on human rights have been featured by President Clinton's Foundation, in humanities programs with the Dalai Lama, and at the Whitehouse. He has appeared in media with Tony Robbins and Oprah, in a Desmond Tutu endorsed PBS Special with Jack Canfield, and has delivered speeches at the United Nations' General Assembly Hall on Human Rights Day, with the Los Angeles Mayor's Office, and with Dr. Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
McGill's work has been endorsed by the president of the American Psychological Association, and has appeared in Psychology Today, and in meditation programs by Deepak Chopra. His writings have been published by Oprah's Lifeclass, Simon & Schuster, Random House, HarperCollins, Wiley, McGraw Hill, and Writer's Digest. His writings are regularly used in the curriculum at the university level, have been reviewed and published by the dean of NYU, Dartmouth, Stanford, and Yale, and were implemented into a campus installation at Bangkok University.
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.
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“No marketplace, free or otherwise, is good when it fails to consider the basic human state of needs at every stage of life.”
“Without love and compassion, nothing is sacred.”
“Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.”
“Respect is that great spirit of good, which creates the beautiful space giving all souls the simple room to breathe.”
“Respect is the lifeblood of progress, and the safe harbour of humanity's great aspirations”
“We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.”
“The individual cannot exist outside of the many spheres of the deeply interconnected webs of life”
“All ideas in a truly free society should always be open for discussion.”
“There is no battle or engagement with any institution, company or government; it is always an engagement of ideas.”
“Afford every soul you encounter the wide and free passage they need to give birth to the dear expressions they feel are important.”
“No construct on earth will stand, that does not stand for the least among them, as their advocate and humble servant.”
“Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.”
“If you can be kind to people, you will be a genius in this world.”
“No belief or idea is sacred, unless it treats all people as sacred”
“There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.”
“We must be kind and gentle gardeners with people and nature.”
“If you are competing with slaves, then you are a slave yourself.”
“The truth is now as it was yesterday, and as it always will be, that the world is-as we are”
“Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more.”
“Those who see the world through the lens of love are the true visionaries.”
“If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.”
“Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love”
“When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free.”
“Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully.”
“Fear is the greatest enemy; the father of all suffering, and love is the only cure for humanity's great afflictions”
“What we do to others, we do to ourselves..”
“The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself.”
“The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings”
“The revolution of consciousness is connected to the food revolution”
“In a world of hate, love is the revolution.”
“Love only serves and does not calculate. Love gives without expectation, while hate carries an endless tally of debts. Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.”
“Love heals violence and all its sources”
“You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it”
“The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men”
“The act of true giving is indistinguishable from receiving.”
“The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.”
“As free as you allow others to be, such freedom you create for yourself.”
“When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.”
“If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.”
“The only way is to teach with love, which requires looking beyond what seems, and remembering we create with our judgements.”
“Meeting another human is always a sacred event.”
“You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.”
“Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.”
“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 ability to forgive is one of man’s greatest achievements.”
“Suffering is one of life's great teachers.”
“One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.”
“No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.”
“Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.”
“Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.”