The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

Quote by M Scott Peck

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Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by...

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by...

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are...

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are...

We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We...

We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We...

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you...

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you...

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one...

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one...

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. Falling in love is not.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. Falling in love is not.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do...

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do...

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a...

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a...

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there...

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there...

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever...

Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever...

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.