Inspirational Quotes 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…

— M. Scott Peck

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

— M. Scott Peck

“Life is difficult.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— M. Scott Peck

“Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.”

— 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…

— 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…

— M. Scott Peck

“It is not selfishness or unselfishness that distinguishes love from non-love; it is the aim of the action.”

— M. Scott Peck

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

— M. Scott Peck

There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.

— 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…

— M. Scott Peck