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 to live with each other.
M. Scott PeckThe more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do not want to make this effort.
M. Scott PeckI've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences.
M. Scott PeckBy far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.
M. Scott PeckIdealists 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.
M. Scott Peck