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M. Scott Peck
American
Psychologist
About the author
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,
American
Psychologist
#Heart
#May
#Evil
#History
#Mind
#Change
#Soul
#Battle
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Responsibility
#Power
#Behavior
We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Disease
#Health
#Causes
We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Life
#Problems
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,
American
Psychologist
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,
American
Psychologist
#Time
#Will
#Value
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Time
There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Life
#Peace
#Risk
#Community
#Vulnerability
The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Power
#Growth
#Experience
#Spiritual
#Learning
#Awareness
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,
American
Psychologist
#Responsibility
#Difficulty
#Desire
#Pain
#Lies
#Consequences
#Behavior
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Love
#Experience
#Self
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.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Problems
#Growth
#Spirit
#Development
One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Limits
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Problems
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Vice
#Wisdom
#Discipline
Ultimately love is everything.
M. Scott Peck,
American
Psychologist
#Love