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The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

M. Scott Peck

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M. Scott Peck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 22
Died: 2005
Died: September 25
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
New York City
New York
Morgan Scott Peck
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Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.
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The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.
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I've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences.
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Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.
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From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.
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The major threats to our survival no longer stem from nature without but from our own human nature within. It is our carelessness, our hostilities, our selfishness and pride and willful ignorance that endanger the world.
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Falling in love is not an act of will. It is not a conscious choice. No matter how open to or eager for it we may be, the experience may still elude us. Contrarily, the experience may capture us at times when we are definitely not seeking it, when it is inconvenient and undesirable.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.
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