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...
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Love is the will to extend one's self-in order to nuture-one's own or another's spiritual growth.
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When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.
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Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.
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The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
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Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.
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The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.
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I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.
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The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person's growth.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distressed by the lack of intellectual or moral courage. I think this is important because most quotes about bravery refer to physical courage. Yet if my nation is to go down the tubes, I suspect it will be more because of a deficit in its intellectual bravery.
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Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.
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Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truthsit is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.
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I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.
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Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.