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Here are some notable quotes by M. Scott Peck:
1. **From ”The Road Less Traveled” (1978):**
– ”Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.”
– ”The tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness.”
– ”Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.”
2. **From ”People of the Lie” (1983):**
– ”The evil are ’people of the lie,’ deceiving others as they also build layer upon layer of self-deception.”
– ”Evil is a force that seeks to kill life or liveliness.”
3. **From ”The Different Drum” (1987):**
– ”There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”
4. **From ”A World Waiting to Be Born” (1993):**
– ”Civility is the root of civilization.”
5. **From ”Further Along the Road Less Traveled” (1993):**
– ”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.”
6. **From ”The Road Less Traveled and Beyond” (1997):**
– ”Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.”
7. **From ”In Search of Stones” (1995):**
– ”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.'”
These quotes encapsulate some of the key themes of Peck’s work, including the acceptance of life’s difficulties, the nature of love, the concept of evil, the importance of community, and the necessity of confronting and solving problems.