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M. Scott Peck

9 quotes

M. Scott Peck may not have a Wikipedia page, but their words have earned a place in our collection all the same. The range of their thinking — from Power to Experience — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 14 quotes by M. Scott Peck that cover ground from Power, Experience, Wisdom, Time, and Peace. To get a sense of their style, try: "Discipline is wisdom and vice versa."

“There can be no vulnerability without risk there can be no community without vulnerability there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”

— M. Scott Peck

Peace

All Quotes by M. Scott Peck

“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

Experience

“There can be no vulnerability without risk there can be no community without vulnerability there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”

— M. Scott Peck

Peace

“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

— M. Scott Peck

Time

“Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.”

— M. Scott Peck

Experience

“Ultimately love is everything.”

— M. Scott Peck

Love

“Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.”

— M. Scott Peck

Power

“The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.”

— M. Scott Peck

Change

“Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.”

— M. Scott Peck

Wisdom

“We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.”

— M. Scott Peck

Health