M. Scott Peck
M. Scott Peck
Morgan Scott Peckwas an American psychiatrist and best-selling author, best known for his first book, The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth22 May 1936
CountryUnited States of America
M. Scott Peck quotes about
giving-up shoes discipline
An essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires so as to experience as far as possible the speaker's world from the inside, step in inside his or her shoes.
reality views maps
Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and accurate, we will generally know how to get there. If the map is false and inaccurate, we generally will be lost.
art journey realizing
Do what you feel called to do, but also be prepared to accept that you don't necessarily know what you're going to learn. Be willing to be surprised by forces beyond your control, and realize that a major learning on the journey is the art of surrender.
light heat discussion
A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light.
self discipline feelings
The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.
america delay sin
America's greatest sin is the refusal to delay gratification.
religious buddhist home
But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.
problem solve
We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
answers want easy
I guess if you want to know one single thing I'm about, it's that I'm against easy answers.
numbers teach
Teach us to number our days aright.
pain ambition suffering
If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer.
world examination painful
Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.
addiction drug dangerous
Many addictions can be far more dangerous than addiction to drugs. The addiction to power ...
believe people essentials
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its mutability and freedom from instinct . . . it is always within our power to change our nature. So it is actually the idealists who are on the mark and the realists who are off base.