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View Plans“ ”Yet it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
About M. Scott Peck
Morgan Scott Peck (22 May 1936 – 25 September 2005) was was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who was most well known for writing the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. He wrote fifteen books in total.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
Additional quotes by M. Scott Peck
Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.
If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.
And then I realized that Mrs. X. was actually not able to distinguish between Susan and herself. What she felt, Susan must feel. She was using Susan as a vehicle to express her own needs. She was not doing this consciously or maliciously; on an emotional level she could not, in fact, perceive Susan as having an identity separate from her own.