Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom — M. Scott Peck Examination Copy Share Image
I guess if you want to know one single thing I'm about, it's that I'm against easy answers. — M. Scott Peck Answers Copy Share Image
Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them. — M. Scott Peck Boundaries Copy Share Image
As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but… — M. Scott Peck Dread Copy Share Image
Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some… — M. Scott Peck Discipline Copy Share Image
How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded. — M. Scott Peck Compelled Copy Share Image
The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people. — M. Scott Peck Definitions Copy Share Image
The giving up of personality traits, well-established patterns of behavior, ideologies, and even whole life styles...these are major forms of giving up… — M. Scott Peck Behavior Copy Share Image
The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline. — M. Scott Peck Cornerstones Copy Share Image
“Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and… — M. Scott Peck Life Copy Share Image
The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been… — M. Scott Peck Accepting Copy Share Image
If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer. — M. Scott Peck Ambition Copy Share Image
“Move out or grow in any dimension and pain as well as joy will be your reward. A full life will be… — M. Scott Peck Full life Copy Share Image
I've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences. — M. Scott Peck All kinds Copy Share Image
The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. — M. Scott Peck Acceptance Copy Share Image
The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be… — M. Scott Peck Ability Copy Share Image
Commitment is inherent in any genuinely loving relationship. — M. Scott Peck Commitment Copy Share Image
“ascertain, Jersey had no knowledge of demonology. At this point, all I could do was tell her and her family that I… — M. Scott Peck Family Copy Share Image
Some Catholics have a concept I very much admire: the Sacrament of the Present Moment. It suggests that every moment of our… — M. Scott Peck Admire Copy Share Image
We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health. — M. Scott Peck Causes Copy Share Image
It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings — M. Scott Peck Change Copy Share Image
Spiritually evolved people, by virtue of their discipline, mastery and love, are people of extraordinary competence, and in their competence they are… — M. Scott Peck And love Copy Share Image
We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results.… — M. Scott Peck Acknowledge Copy Share Image