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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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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Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths-it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.
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Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid the pain of self-awareness. ... [E]vil is laziness carried to its ultimate, extraordinary extreme.
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Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
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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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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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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.
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A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.
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All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.
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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.
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When any institution becomes large and compartmentalized, with departments and subdepartments, then the conscience of the institution will often become so fragmented and diluted as to be virtually nonexistent, and the organization becomes inherently evil.
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One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.