I've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences.
M. Scott PeckI believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons that are simplistic.
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 PeckProblems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
M. Scott PeckGenuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually cultivates it, even at the risk of separation or loss. The ultimate goal of life remains the spiritual growth of the individual, the solitary journey to peaks that can be climbed only alone.
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.
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