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b ed by a Methodist minister in an Episcopalian convent, where he has
qu ntly gone on retreat. In 1992, he was selected by the American Psychiatric
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P ck is the author of several books, including The Road Less Traveled, whic
ld over six million copies to date in North America alone. He received. egree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1958 and his M.D. de
from he Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1963.
In 1984, Dr. Peck and his wife met with nine others t
for Community Encouragement, a non-profit, public educational foundation,
whose mission is to promote and teach the principles of community. As a result of
his work with community-building, Dr. Peck has received a number of awards,
including the 1984 Kaleidoscope Award for Peacemaking and the 1994 Temple
International Peace Prize.
David Riklan’s favorite M. Scott Peck Quotes and Thoug
- Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great
truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly
know that life is difficult—once we truly understand and accept it—then life
is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is
difficult no longer matters. - Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan more
or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems,