Quotes by Bryant McGill

The teacher can only provide the lessons, but the student ultimately decides what to learn.

Lifes pressure is equal to your resistance.

Life moves forward, not backward, and it would be wise to listen to what change has to say.

There are possibilities that exist beyond our present knowing, and to see those possibilities, we must abandon that which makes us feel safe.

Lifelong learning is like a never ending personal revolution.

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery.

Suffering is one of lifes great teachers.

One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.

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.

The keys to health and weight-loss: stress reduction, sleep, deep breathing, clean water, complete nutrition, sunshine, walking, stretching, meditation, love, community, laughter, dreams, perseverance, purpose, humility, action.

Only in stillness does the imperceivable become discernible

Through TV people turn their family living rooms into meditative dens of death and violence worship.

Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty.

You will only find the profoundly inexpressible in profound silence.

Zen movement is a meditative practice.

Mindfulness is that space where you are in touch with life-experience and you are brightly aware.

Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.

Live in the present, or die in your past; its your choice.

Almost all sadness comes from thinking about the past, and all worry from thinking about the future — present-mindedness is your only safe haven.

Carefully analyze the old stories that you choose to perpetually tell, for these are really life-long meditations.