M. Scott Peck - Human Quotes

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The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

M. Scott Peck
Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a profound tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.

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The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.

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When I am with a group of human beings committed to hanging in there through both the agony and the joy of community, I have a dim sense that I am participating in a phenomenon for which there is only one word...."glory."

M. Scott Peck
It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings

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Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.

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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.

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As human beings grow in discipline and love and life experience, their understanding of the world their place in it naturally grows apace…. This understanding is our religion.

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The major threats to our survival no longer stem from nature without but from our own human nature within. It is our carelessness, our hostilities, our selfishness and pride and willful ignorance that endanger the world.

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All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.

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