338 Quotes by M. Scott Peck

I’ve had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences.

Learning from their children is the best opportunity most people have to assure themselves of a meaningful old age. Sadly, most do not take this opportunity.

Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don’t even observe them closely enough to become aware of when their need for our disciplinary assistance is expressed subtley.

Sooner or later, if they are to be healed, they must learn that the entirety of one’s adult life is a series of personal choices, decisions.

The idea that God is actively nurturing us so that we might grow up to be like Him brings us face to face with our own laziness.

The neurotic assumes too much responsibility; the person with a character disorder not enough.

If I truly love another, I will obviously order my behavior in such a way as to contribute the utmost to his or her spiritual growth.

My time was my responsibility. It was up to me and me alone to decide how I wanted to use and order my time.

The overall purpose of human communication is – or should be – reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.