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> [While I generally find that great myths are great precisely because they represent and embody great universal truths, the myth of romantic love is a dreadful lie. Perhaps it is a necessary lie in that it ensures the survival of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/while-i-generally-find-that-great-myths-are-great-precisely-because/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/whenever-we-seek-to-avoid-the-responsibility-for-our-own-behavior-we/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

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## More by M. Scott Peck

> [But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/but-i-already-saw-no-great-difference-between-the-psyche-and/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/as-i-grow-through-love-so-grows-my-joy-ever-more-present-ever-more/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [“Life is difficult.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/life-is-difficult/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [“The second most common misconception about love is the idea that dependency is love...Its effect is seen most dramatically in an individual who makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/the-second-most-common-misconception-about-love-is-the-idea-that/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [Although I was raised in a profoundly secular home, I had a belief, an awareness of God, from as far back as I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/although-i-was-raised-in-a-profoundly-secular-home-i-had-a-belief-an/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [I've gone to great lengths not to be a guru. I think the notion of guruhood is utterly pathological, and I couldn't live that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/i-ve-gone-to-great-lengths-not-to-be-a-guru-i-think-the-notion-of/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/the-whole-course-of-human-history-may-depend-on-a-change-of-heart-in/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/the-act-of-loving-is-an-act-of-self-evolution-even-when-the-purpose/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [“Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/benjamin-franklin-said-those-things-that-hurt-instruct/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/abandon-the-urge-to-simplify-everything-to-look-for-formulas-and-easy/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/listening-well-is-an-exercise-of-attention-and-by-necessity-hard-work/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [“It is not selfishness or unselfishness that distinguishes love from non-love; it is the aim of the action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/it-is-not-selfishness-or-unselfishness-that-distinguishes-love-from/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/love-is-too-large-too-deep-ever-to-be-truly-understood-or-measured-or/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/there-is-no-act-of-love-that-is-not-an-act-of-work-or-courage-no/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

> [To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but in doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/to-be-free-people-we-must-assume-total-responsibility-for-ourselves/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

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