#co

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. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#art #baseness #beauty #best #best part

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#esteemed #greater #hearts #loyalty #men

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#cannot #column #falling #his #hold

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. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#allow #being #best #comfort #control

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. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#alignment #correct #freedom #honor #individual

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#comedy #inescapable #laugh #often #realization

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#destination #having #hope #plot #purpose

Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#education #filling #minds #misconceptions #our

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#conversation #must #opposition #shall #shoulder

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it! ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#company #fear #hope #off #people