Morgan Scott Peck (1936–2005) was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who wrote the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. (wikipedia)
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.
In and through community lies the salvation of the world.
It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings
The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.
I've had all kinds of experiences with God in terms of revelation through a still, small voice or dreams or coincidences.
The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance.
Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.
But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress in therapy.