Bryant H. McGill Quotes

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

Love without attachment is light.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

With renunciation life begins.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I've written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being 'happy' or 'unhappy' in the usual meaning of the words.

I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.

Let go of everything. That is how you get everything; you let go of everything.

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.

The secret of happiness is renunciation.

Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.

Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

Fullness of joy is discovered only in the emptying of will.

Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, 'I have lost it' and instead say, 'It has been returned to where it came from.' Why should it be any concern of yours who gives your things back to the world that gave them to you? The important thing is to take great care with what you have while the world lets you have it.

We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.

It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go.