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...
spiritual growth life-is
Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.
hard-work exercise people
Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not willing to do the work that most people do not listen well.
believe thinking ordinary-days
In thinking about miracles, I believe that our frame of reference has been too dramatic. We have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. Instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives for evidence of the miraculous, maintaining at the same time a scientific orientation.
inspirational confused dark
We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.
lying grace holiness
The path to holiness lies through questioning everything.
pain compassion being-there
Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.
self growth purpose
The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
confusion problem solve
We cannot solve a problem by saying, "It's not my problem." We cannot solve a problem by hoping that someone else will solve it for us. I can solve a problem only when I say, "This is my problem and it's up to me to solve it."
source nurture
We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.
names white long
I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something basically nameless.
spiritual pain goal
If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.
healing self keys
Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom
believe would-be reason
I believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons that are simplistic.
love-is emotional genuine-love
Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional.