We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We … - M. Scott Peck

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M. Scott Peck

We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.

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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.

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The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

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Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world's fault. Since they must deny their own badness, they must perceive others as bad. They project their own evil onto the world. They never think of themselves as evil, on the other hand, they consequently see much evil in others.

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Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. . . . They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid the pain of self-awareness. . . . [E]vil is laziness carried to its ultimate, extraordinary extreme.

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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

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