Scott Peck
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...
great greatest life transcend truth
Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truthsit is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.
profound want superstitions
Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.
integrity painless
Integrity is never painless.
problem road-less-traveled cutting-edge
Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.
relationship commitment loving-relationships
Commitment is inherent in any genuinely loving relationship.
agony community joy
When I am with a group of human beings committed to hanging in there through both the agony and the joy of community, I have a dim sense that I am participating in a phenomenon for which there is only one word...."glory."
acts-of-love exception
There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.
love-you caring self
The feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself- including things like using your time well. In this way, self-discipline is self-caring.
bitterness ends
There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.
soulmate acceptance differences
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
stranger states let-me
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 because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.
problem solve
We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
healing self keys
Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom
source nurture
We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.