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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.

M. Scott Peck

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M. Scott Peck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 22
Died: 2005
Died: September 25
Psychiatrist
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New York City
New York
Morgan Scott Peck
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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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