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Quotes from The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety — M. Scott Peck

1936–2005 United States

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Almost as horrific as evil itself is the denial of it, as in the case of those who go through life wearing rose-coloured glasses.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

Again and again all of the great religions tell us that the path away from narcissism is the path toward meaning in life.

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 can be argued that one reason many view evil as more prevalent than ever is a result of the fact that our standards have improved.

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)

One of the major dilemmas we face both as individuals and as a society is simplistic thinking — or the failure to think at all. It is not just a problem, it is the problem.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

I believe that the differences between those who are actively religious or spiritual and those who are not are generally not so much random as developmental.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

If all the energy required to think seems troublesome, the lack of thinking causes far more trouble and conflict for ourselves as individuals and for the society in which we live.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

I wrote of this in People of the Lie. Using My Lai as a case study, I demonstrated how evil at an institutional and group level occurs when there is a fragmentation of consciousness – and conscience.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

... We also need to become increasingly conscious to identify and relish what is good and beautiful in this life.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

Liberation theology proclaims that Christians are called to play an active role in doing battle with the systemic sins and evils of society – called to take responsibility for liberating people from the burdens of poverty and oppression... As (Tom) Langford points out, people who focus exclusively on liberation become fanatic and glum...

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

I believe that all psychological disorders are bascially disorders of consciousness. They are not rooted in the unconscious but in a conscious mind that refuses to think and is unwilling to deal with certain issues, bear certain feelings, or tolerate pain. These issues, feelings , or desires are in the unconscious only because a pain-avoiding conscious mind has thrust them there.

The Road Less Travelled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety (1997)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: M. Scott Peck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.