Bryant H. McGill Quotes

Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier.

I don't think of myself all the time.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.

I try not to get too self-absorbed.

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.

It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what we’re doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves.

I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean.

Being aware in the moment of right now is just the most important thing. All of our issues come from us not being aware enough or not seeing through our problems to the depths of the issues.

We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.

Become conscious of being conscious.

I live in the moment, and I reflect later.

Mature? Yeah, I get told that a lot. I don't know if it's true. I guess I try to be bright.

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.

I never take myself too seriously.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.