Scott Peck
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...
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.
america delay sin
America's greatest sin is the refusal to delay gratification.
religious buddhist home
But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.
problem solve
We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
answers want easy
I guess if you want to know one single thing I'm about, it's that I'm against easy answers.
numbers teach
Teach us to number our days aright.
pain ambition suffering
If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer.
world examination painful
Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.
addiction drug dangerous
Many addictions can be far more dangerous than addiction to drugs. The addiction to power ...
believe people essentials
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its mutability and freedom from instinct . . . it is always within our power to change our nature. So it is actually the idealists who are on the mark and the realists who are off base.
time stress two
I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.
falling-in-love love-is limits
Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.
love-is thoughtful decision
True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.
self hands and-love
Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.