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M. Scott Peck quotes: Extension of ourselves or moving out against the inertia of laziness we call work. Moving out in the face of fear we call courage. Extension of ourselves or moving out against the inertia of laziness we call work. Moving out in the face of fear we call courage.
M. Scott Peck quotes: It may sound strange to laymen, but psychotherapists are familiar with the fact that people are routinely terrified by mental health. It may sound strange to laymen, but psychotherapists are familiar with the fact that people are routinely terrified by mental health.
M. Scott Peck quotes: To nourish the spirit the body must also be nourished. To nourish the spirit the body must also be nourished.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We are almost always less or more competent than we believe ourselves to be. The unconscious,however, knows who we really are. We are almost always less or more competent than we believe ourselves to be. The unconscious,however, knows who we really are.
M. Scott Peck quotes: One extends one's limits only by exceeding them. One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love. Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline. The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The times have changed. To move with them I had to give it up. I do not miss it. I thought I would, but I don't. The times have changed. To move with them I had to give it up. I do not miss it. I thought I would, but I don't.
M. Scott Peck quotes: When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary. When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary.
M. Scott Peck quotes: It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
M. Scott Peck quotes: It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings
M. Scott Peck quotes: Many addictions can be far more dangerous than addiction to drugs. The addiction to power ... Many addictions can be far more dangerous than addiction to drugs. The addiction to power ...
M. Scott Peck quotes: Love always requires courage and involves risk. Love always requires courage and involves risk.
M. Scott Peck quotes: To the child, abandonment by its parents is the equivalent of death. To the child, abandonment by its parents is the equivalent of death.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Discipline, it has been suggested, is the means of human spiritual evolution. This Discipline, it has been suggested, is the means of human spiritual evolution. This
M. Scott Peck quotes: The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth. The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Many scientists simply do not look at the evidence of the reality of God. Many scientists simply do not look at the evidence of the reality of God.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Laziness is love's opposite. Laziness is love's opposite.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We are often most in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused. We are often most in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.
M. Scott Peck quotes: But the fact of the matter is that everyone has an explicit or implicit set of ideas and beliefs as to the essential nature of the world. But the fact of the matter is that everyone has an explicit or implicit set of ideas and beliefs as to the essential nature of the world.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Life is difficult. Life is difficult.
M. Scott Peck quotes: If being loved is your goal, you will fail to achieve it. The only way to be assured of being loved is to be a person worthy of love, and If being loved is your goal, you will fail to achieve it. The only way to be assured of being loved is to be a person worthy of love, and
M. Scott Peck quotes: It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures. It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Mental Health is dedication to reality at all costs. Mental Health is dedication to reality at all costs.
M. Scott Peck quotes: And since life poses an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. And since life poses an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
M. Scott Peck quotes: the healthy self, however, must always be vigilant against the laziness of the sick self that still lurks within us. the healthy self, however, must always be vigilant against the laziness of the sick self that still lurks within us.
M. Scott Peck quotes: I've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences. I've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The only true end of love is spiritual growth or human evolution. The only true end of love is spiritual growth or human evolution.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Commitment is inherent in any genuinely loving relationship. Commitment is inherent in any genuinely loving relationship.
M. Scott Peck quotes: If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions. If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace
M. Scott Peck quotes: We live our lives in the eye of God, and not at the periphery but at the center of His vision, His concern. We live our lives in the eye of God, and not at the periphery but at the center of His vision, His concern.
M. Scott Peck quotes: When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow. When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Through grace we are helped not to stumble and through grace we know that we are being welcomed. What more can we ask? Through grace we are helped not to stumble and through grace we know that we are being welcomed. What more can we ask?
M. Scott Peck quotes: If we want to be heard we must speak in a language the listener can understand and on a level at which the listener is capable of operating. If we want to be heard we must speak in a language the listener can understand and on a level at which the listener is capable of operating.
M. Scott Peck quotes: 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. 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.
M. Scott Peck quotes: By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening ... True listening is love in action. By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening ... True listening is love in action.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Self-discipline is a self-enlarging process. Self-discipline is a self-enlarging process.
M. Scott Peck quotes: It is their attachment to us rather than their independence from us that we value in our pets. It is their attachment to us rather than their independence from us that we value in our pets.
M. Scott Peck quotes: A full life will be full of pain. But the only alternative is not to live fully or not to live at all. A full life will be full of pain. But the only alternative is not to live fully or not to live at all.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Whatever action we take may influence the course of civilization. Whatever action we take may influence the course of civilization.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health. We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived. We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
M. Scott Peck quotes: From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything. From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.
M. Scott Peck quotes: All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach. All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them. Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action. The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.
M. Scott Peck quotes: It is not selfishness or unselfishness that distinguishes love from non-love; it is the aim of the action. It is not selfishness or unselfishness that distinguishes love from non-love; it is the aim of the action.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person. Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.
M. Scott Peck quotes: I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.
M. Scott Peck quotes: To heal your body, you must first heal your spirit. To heal your body, you must first heal your spirit.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness. Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them. We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength. We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.
M. Scott Peck quotes: You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost. Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The idea that God is actively nurturing us so that we might grow up to be like Him brings us face to face with our own laziness. The idea that God is actively nurturing us so that we might grow up to be like Him brings us face to face with our own laziness.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection. Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Scientists have grave difficulty dealing with the reality of God. Scientists have grave difficulty dealing with the reality of God.
M. Scott Peck quotes: But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18. But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom
M. Scott Peck quotes: The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within. Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom. Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The neurotic assumes too much responsibility; the person with a character disorder not enough. The neurotic assumes too much responsibility; the person with a character disorder not enough.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Move out or grow in any dimension and pain as well as joy will be your reward. A full life will be full of pain. Move out or grow in any dimension and pain as well as joy will be your reward. A full life will be full of pain.
M. Scott Peck quotes: My time was my responsibility. It was up to me and me alone to decide how I wanted to use and order my time. My time was my responsibility. It was up to me and me alone to decide how I wanted to use and order my time.
M. Scott Peck quotes: If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been left out? If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been left out?
M. Scott Peck quotes: If I truly love another, I will obviously order my behavior in such a way as to contribute the utmost to his or her spiritual growth. If I truly love another, I will obviously order my behavior in such a way as to contribute the utmost to his or her spiritual growth.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Teach us to number our days aright. Teach us to number our days aright.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.
M. Scott Peck quotes: And I know that I and anyone else who is not mentally defective can solve any problem if we are willing to take the time. And I know that I and anyone else who is not mentally defective can solve any problem if we are willing to take the time.
M. Scott Peck quotes: In and through community lies the salvation of the world. In and through community lies the salvation of the world.
M. Scott Peck quotes: There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions. There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.
M. Scott Peck quotes: no problem can be solved until an individual assumes the responsibility for solving it. no problem can be solved until an individual assumes the responsibility for solving it.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth. Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.
M. Scott Peck quotes: If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution. If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs
M. Scott Peck quotes: Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct. Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The fact of the matter is that our unconscious is wiser than we are about everything. The fact of the matter is that our unconscious is wiser than we are about everything.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Even when we truly understand these matters, the journey of spiritual growth is still so lonely and difficult that we often become discouraged. Even when we truly understand these matters, the journey of spiritual growth is still so lonely and difficult that we often become discouraged.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Share our similarities, celebrate our differences. Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words. Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words.
M. Scott Peck quotes: A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light. A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable. Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.
M. Scott Peck quotes: 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. 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.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Any genuinely loving relationship is one of mutual psychotherapy. Any genuinely loving relationship is one of mutual psychotherapy.
M. Scott Peck quotes: 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. 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.
M. Scott Peck quotes: We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness. We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Ultimately love is everything. Ultimately love is everything.
M. Scott Peck quotes: A life of Wisdom must be a life of contemplation and action A life of Wisdom must be a life of contemplation and action
M. Scott Peck quotes: I thank them for the same service. I thank them for the same service.
M. Scott Peck quotes: There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived. There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?
M. Scott Peck quotes: The healing of the spirit has not been completed until openness to challenge becomes a way of life. The healing of the spirit has not been completed until openness to challenge becomes a way of life.
M. Scott Peck quotes: The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.
M. Scott Peck quotes: Yet even more important than role modeling is love. Yet even more important than role modeling is love.

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