One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
Bryant H. McGill
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.
Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.
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.
Materialism is an identity crisis.
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
Suffering is one of life's great teachers.
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.
No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.
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.
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.
True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.
A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.
All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.
Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst.
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.
Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.
You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.
When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created.
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.
Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.
The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.
Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.
Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
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.
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.
Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
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.
Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.
If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.
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.
The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.
Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
