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It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings

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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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The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention we attend to that person's growth.
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We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
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Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
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There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering.
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We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
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Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.
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We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.
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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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Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.
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As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.
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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.
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Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?
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I am dubious as to how far we can move toward global community-which is the only way to achieve international peace-until we learn the basic principles of community in our own individual lives and personal spheres of influence.
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Idealists 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.
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Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex.
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When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary.
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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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If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.
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