338 Quotes by M. Scott Peck

Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.

I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.

Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truely loves does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving whether or not the loving feeling is present. ...Conversely, it is not only possible but necessary for a loving person to avoid acting on feelings of love.

If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been left out?

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

When we love something it is of value to us, and when something is of value to us we spend time with it, time enjoying it and time taking care of it....

From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.

If we seek to be loved - if we expect to be loved - this cannot be accomplished; we will be dependent and grasping not genuinely loving.