M. Scott Peck Growth Quotations

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.