It is important to realize that cults are a dime a dozen and that a great many businesses are cults.
M. Scott Peck Quotes
1936–2005 United States
Morgan Scott Peck (22 May, 1936 – 25 September, 2005) was was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who was most well known for writing the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. He wrote fifteen books in total.
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My favorite definition of evil is that it is militant ignorance.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
Lying is both a cause and a manifestation of evil.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.
The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth (1978)
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)
The only power that Satan has is through human belief in its lies.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
Satan has no power except in a human body.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
Dangerous though a psychology of evil might be, it will be more dangerous not to have one.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
The reality of the matter is that the naming of evil is still in a primitive stage.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)
The mystery of goodness is greater than that of evil.
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)
It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.
The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth (1978)
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)
I see no value whatsover in unconstructive suffering.
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)
Radical thinkers are also independent thinkers.
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
The spirit of evil is one of unreality, but it itself is real. To think otherwise is to be misled.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (1983)
The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace (1987)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: M. Scott Peck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.