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Other Quotes by M. Scott Peck
- Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction…
- I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They…
- To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but I doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is ot…
- Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually cultivates it, even at the risk of separation or loss. The ultimate goal…
- 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…
- Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive…
- Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church.…
- The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person.…
- Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so…
- Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour