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Paraphrase: Evil originates in failure to acknowledge one’s own pain and sin.

— M. Scott Peck

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It is important to realize that cults are a dime a dozen and that a great many businesses are cults.

Further Along The Road Less Travelled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth (1993)

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)

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)

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