When we cling, often forever, to our old patterns of thinking and behaving, we fall to negotiate any crisis, to truly grow up, and to experience the joyful sense of rebirth that accompanies the successful transition into greater maturity. M. Scott Peck More Quotes by M. Scott Peck More Quotes From M. Scott Peck The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive. M. Scott Peck makers decision suffering The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one. M. Scott Peck god happiness life I 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 Peck would-be reason believe Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures. M. Scott Peck frightening exploration adventure Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love. M. Scott Peck spiritual inspiring love You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. M. Scott Peck communication time inspirational The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. M. Scott Peck pain responsibility lying God wants us to become himself or herself or itself. We are growing toward Godhood. God is the goal of evolution. M. Scott Peck growing goal god 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. M. Scott Peck caring self love-you What does a life of total dedication to truth mean? It means, first of all, a life of continuous and never-ending stringent self-examination. We know the world only through our relationship to it. Therefore, to know the world, we must not only examine it but we must simultaneously examine the examiner. M. Scott Peck dedication self mean If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution. M. Scott Peck pain goal spiritual Servant-leadership is more than a concept, it is a fact. Any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of any group, will see herself or himself as a servant of that group and will act accordingly. M. Scott Peck groups leadership mean Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved. M. Scott Peck growth spiritual love If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of sex, the hope of ambition, friendship-all that makes life alive, meaningful and significant. M. Scott Peck meaningful children sex As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant. M. Scott Peck constant grows joy It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures. M. Scott Peck essentials community tasks When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary. M. Scott Peck valuable care way 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. M. Scott Peck shoes discipline giving-up If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer. M. Scott Peck pain ambition suffering What people get admired and appreciated for in community are their soft skills: their sense of humor and timing, their ability to listen, their courage and honesty, their capacity for empathy. M. Scott Peck honesty skills people
