338 Quotes by M. Scott Peck

The mind, which sometimes presumes to believe that there is no such thing as a miracle, is itself a miracle.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.

For any single thing of importance, there are multiple reasons.

In thinking about miracles, I believe that our frame of reference has been too dramatic. We have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. Instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives for evidence of the miraculous, maintaining at the same time a scientific orientation.

Self-discipline is self-caring.

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.

„Măsura-probabil cea mai bună- a măreției unei persoane este capacitatea de a suferi''.

A life of Wisdom must be a life of contemplation and action