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
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.
lonely jesus real
Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.
reality views maps
Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and accurate, we will generally know how to get there. If the map is false and inaccurate, we generally will be lost.
art journey realizing
Do what you feel called to do, but also be prepared to accept that you don't necessarily know what you're going to learn. Be willing to be surprised by forces beyond your control, and realize that a major learning on the journey is the art of surrender.
lying real insecurity
The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.
love children real
I gave examples from my clinical practice of how love was not wholly a thought or feeling. I told of how that very evening there would be some man sitting at a bar in the local village, crying into his beer and sputtering to the bartender how much he loved his wife and children while at the same time he was wasting his family's money and depriving them of his attention. We recounted how this man was thinking love and feeling love--were they not real tears in his eyes?--but he was not in truth behaving with love.
love spiritual real
Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.
children realizing enough
Listen to your child enough and you will come to realize that he or she is quite an extraordinary individual. And the more extraordinary you realize your child to be the more you will be willing to listen. And the more you will learn.
reality emotional adoption
Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.
reality dedication cost
Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs
real love-is our-love
When we love someone our love becomes demonstrable or real only through our exertion - through the fact that for that someone (or for ourself) we take an extra step or walk an extra mile. Love is not effortless. To the contrary, love is effortful.
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.