Reality Quotes by M. Scott Peck

9 Reality quotes by M. Scott Peck

M. Scott Peck’s therapeutic lens on reality is captured in nine short statements, each offering a thoughtful nugget of wisdom. Though limited in number, the selection reflects his compassionate approach to understanding human experience.

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“...truth is reality”

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“Life is difficult.”

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Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.

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

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The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do…

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Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.

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Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and…

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“Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and…

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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…

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

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

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