M. Scott Peck Short Quotes

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Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

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The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.

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

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The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.

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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs

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Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?

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As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.

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Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

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The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance.

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

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True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.

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When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary.

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Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.

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Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.

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Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.

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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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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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Wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.

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Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words.

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We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.

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God wants us to become himself or herself or itself. We are growing toward Godhood. God is the goal of evolution.

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Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.

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We learn what is significantly new only through adventures. However, going into the unknown is invariably frightening.

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Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.

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The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

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When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

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It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.

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The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

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If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

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