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I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something

I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something basically nameless.

M. Scott Peck
Fear, Names, White

Falling in love is not an act of will. It is not a conscious choice. No matter how open to or eager for it we may be, the experience may still elude us. Contrarily, the experience may capture us at times when we are definitely not seeking it, when it is inconvenient and undesirable.

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Falling In Love, Love Is, Elude Us
M. Scott Peck (2012). “The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth”, p.77, Random House

The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.

M. Scott Peck
Self, Growth, Purpose
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

Teach us to number our days aright.

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Numbers, Teach

Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.

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Lonely, Jesus, Real

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

M. Scott Peck
Problem, Solve
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words.

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Love Is, Framework, Too Deep
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

I am dubious as to how far we can move toward global community-which is the only way to achieve international peace-until we learn the basic principles of community in our own individual lives and personal spheres of influence.

M. Scott Peck
Moving, Community, Dubious

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.

M. Scott Peck
Commitment, Love Is, Emotional
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.

M. Scott Peck
Religious, Buddhist, Home

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

M. Scott Peck
Thinking, Foundation, Consciousness
M. Scott Peck (1998). “The Road Less Traveled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

Although I was raised in a profoundly secular home, I had a belief, an awareness of God, from as far back as I can remember.

M. Scott Peck
God, Home, Belief

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