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An unconscious, gentle process whereby people who want to be loving attempt to be so by telling little white lies, by withholding some of the truth about themselves and their feelings in order to avoid conflict.

An unconscious, gentle process whereby people who want to be loving attempt to be so by telling little white lies, by withholding some of the truth about themselves and their feelings in order to avoid conflict. Pseudocommunity is conflict-avoiding; true community is conflict-resolving.

M. Scott Peck
Lying, Order, White
M. Scott Peck (2015). “The Different Drum: Community-making and peace”, p.88, Random House

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

M. Scott Peck
Pain, Lying, Responsibility
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

In and through community lies the salvation of the world.

M. Scott Peck
Lying, Community, World
M. Scott Peck (2010). “The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

While I generally find that great myths are great precisely because they represent and embody great universal truths, the myth of romantic love is a dreadful lie. Perhaps it is a necessary lie in that it ensures the survival of the falling-in-love experience that traps us into marriage. But as a psychiatrist I weep in my heart almost daily for the ghastly confusion and suffering that this myth fosters. Millions of people waste vast amounts of energy desperately and futilely attempting to make the reality of their lives conform to the unreality of the myth.

M. Scott Peck
Love, Lying, Fall

The path to holiness lies through questioning everything.

M. Scott Peck
Lying, Grace, Holiness
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.

M. Scott Peck
Real, Lying, Insecurity
M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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