True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.
M. Scott PeckFrom the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.
M. Scott PeckI make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.
M. Scott PeckDiscipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.
M. Scott PeckAn unconscious, gentle process whereby people who want to be loving attempt to be so by telling little white lies, by withholding some of the truth about themselves and their feelings in order to avoid conflict. Pseudocommunity is conflict-avoiding; true community is conflict-resolving.
M. Scott Peck