You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. — M. Scott Peck Communication Copy Share Image
Servant-leadership is more than a concept, it is a fact. Any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of… — M. Scott Peck Concepts Copy Share Image
God wants us to become himself or herself or itself. We are growing toward Godhood. God is the goal of evolution. — M. Scott Peck Biology Copy Share Image
“If we kill those who are evil, we will become evil ourselves; we will be killers. If we attempt to deal with… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather… — M. Scott Peck Bias Copy Share Image
Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.'… — M. Scott Peck Foreigners Copy Share Image
Multiple personality disorder and possession are not necessarily mutually incompatible disorders. There's some evidence that you can have both. — M. Scott Peck Both Copy Share Image
I believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons… — M. Scott Peck Believe Copy Share Image
Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs — M. Scott Peck Cost Copy Share Image
From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything. — M. Scott Peck Age Copy Share Image
We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly… — M. Scott Peck Emptiness Copy Share Image
The major threats to our survival no longer stem from nature without but from our own human nature within. It is our… — M. Scott Peck Carelessness Copy Share Image
Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in… — M. Scott Peck Awareness Copy Share Image
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 Action Copy Share Image
Worship is yet another paradox of the religious life: it is simultaneously the greatest duty and the greatest pleasure of faith. Worship… — M. Scott Peck Believe Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, virtually all psychological diseases have their origin in our conscious minds. And that is not what… — M. Scott Peck Am Copy Share Image
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us. — M. Scott Peck Dealing with problems Copy Share Image
Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they… — M. Scott Peck Badness Copy Share Image
The feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself-… — M. Scott Peck Care Copy Share Image
Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually cultivates it, even at the risk of separation or loss.… — M. Scott Peck Genuine Copy Share Image
True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision. — M. Scott Peck Committed Copy Share Image
Since the early 1960s, since what's been called the charismatic movement within the Christian church, a significant number of Christians believe that… — M. Scott Peck Believe Copy Share Image
“Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly understand and accept it — then life is no longer… — M. Scott Peck Life Copy Share Image