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M. Scott Peck Quotes about Growth

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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.

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.

M. Scott Peck
Change, Forever, Growth
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth.

M. Scott Peck
Spiritual, Growth, Life Is
M. Scott Peck (2010). “Further Along The Road Less Travelled”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.

M. Scott Peck
Spiritual, Growth, Path
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another person we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person's growth.

M. Scott Peck
Giving, Growth, Attention
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved.

M. Scott Peck
Love, Spiritual, Growth
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.

M. Scott Peck
Spiritual, Growth, Suffering
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.

M. Scott Peck
Hard Work, Grace, Growth

I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.

M. Scott Peck
Spiritual, Growth, Mind
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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

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