Bryant H. McGill Quotes

When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free.

You break free when you feel neither beneath anyone nor superior to anyone, when you shed the need to control other people, when you create space for others to be who they are and for your real self to be what it is.

I am already given to the power that rules my fate. And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend. I have no thoughts, so I will see. I fear nothing, so I will remember myself. Detached and at ease, I will dart past the Eagle to be free.

Oh to be free of myself, With nothing left to remember, To have my heart as bare As a tree in December; Resting, as a tree rests After its leaves are gone, Waiting no more for a rain at night Nor for the red at dawn.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.

Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.

When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.

It is not the mind, but the heart that makes free.

Accepting all that you are will lead you to live your best life and will allow you to be free and your true authentic self.

When I was able to better live in the moment that I was in, I think that it really freed me.

That non-attachment gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are.

As soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth and every picture that came out, that's when I became so much happier.

When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.

If you want to reach a state of Bliss - make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge.

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.

Acceptance is the key to be truly free.

Polish the heart, free the six senses and let them function without obstruction, and your entire body will glow.

I considered myself liberated long before it became the fashion. First I liberated myself from debilitating habits, and went on to free myself of combative, aggressive thoughts. I have also cast aside any unnecessary possessions. This, I feel, is true liberation.

Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more.

I let go of all expectations. People, places and things are free to be themselves, and I am free to be me.

Be patient with all that is uncertain in your heart...do not search for answers, which will not be given: you will not be able to live them, and its importat to live everything.