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
hard-work exercise people
Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not willing to do the work that most people do not listen well.
spiritual growth life-is
Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.
love-is framework too-deep
Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words.
source nurture
We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.
confusion problem solve
We cannot solve a problem by saying, "It's not my problem." We cannot solve a problem by hoping that someone else will solve it for us. I can solve a problem only when I say, "This is my problem and it's up to me to solve it."
numbers teach
Teach us to number our days aright.
falling-in-love love-is limits
Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.
adversity cutting problem
Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
love-you care enjoy
When we love something it is of value to us, and when something is of value to us we spend time with it, time enjoying it and time taking care of it....
organization evil institutions
When any institution becomes large and compartmentalized, with departments and subdepartments, then the conscience of the institution will often become so fragmented and diluted as to be virtually nonexistent, and the organization becomes inherently evil.
levels want language
If we want to be heard we must speak in a language the listener can understand and on a level at which the listener is capable of operating.
world examination painful
Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.
answers want easy
I guess if you want to know one single thing I'm about, it's that I'm against easy answers.
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.