M. Scott Peck
M. Scott Peck
Morgan Scott Peckwas an American psychiatrist and best-selling author, best known for his first book, The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth22 May 1936
CountryUnited States of America
giving-up shoes discipline
An essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires so as to experience as far as possible the speaker's world from the inside, step in inside his or her shoes.
self discipline feelings
The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.
children giving discipline
Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don't even observe them closely enough to become aware of when their need for our disciplinary assistance is expressed subtley.
discipline problem solve
With total discipline we can solve all problems.
eye responsibility discipline
To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but I doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is ot truly ours. To be organized and efficient, to live wisely, we must daily delay gratification and keep an eye on the future; yet to live joyously we must also possess the capacity, when it is not destructive, to live in the present and act spontaneously. In other words, discipline itself must be disciplined. The type of discipline required to discipline discipline is what I call balancing…
inspirational discipline vices
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
people discipline mastery
Spiritually evolved people, by virtue of their discipline, mastery and love, are people of extraordinary competence, and in their competence they are called on to serve the world, and in their love they answer the call.
children teaching discipline
When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.
discipline tools problem
Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.
love relationship spiritual
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.
adversity cutting problem
Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
mean dedication willingness
A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.
opportunity teach humans
All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.
reality appreciate effort
The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do not want to make this effort.