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M. Scott Peck

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born
in New York City, The United States
May 23, 1936

died
September 25, 2005

gender
male

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genre
Health, Mind & Body, Religion & Spirituality, Social Sciences


About this author

Dr. Peck was born on May 22, 1936 in New York City, the younger of two sons to David Warner Peck, a prominent lawyer and jurist, and his wife Elizabeth Saville. He married Lily Ho in 1959, and they had three children.

Dr. Peck received his B.A. degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1958, and his M.D. degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1963. From 1963 until 1972, he served in the United States Army, resigning from the position of Assistant Chief Psychiatry and Neurology Consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster. From 1972 to 1983, Dr. Peck was engaged in the private practice of psychiatry in Litchfield Co...more


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M. Scott Peck's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 36,672 ratings · 1,474 reviews · 52 distinct works · Similar authors
The Road Less Traveled: A ...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 29,141 ratings — published 1978 — 55 editions
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People of the Lie: The Hope...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,775 ratings — published 1983 — 17 editions
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Further Along the Road Less...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,824 ratings — published 1990 — 20 editions
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The Road Less Traveled and ...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions
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The Different Drum: Communi...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions
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In Search Of Stones
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions
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Glimpses of the Devil: A Ps...
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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A World Waiting to Be Born:...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions
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A Bed by the Window: A Nove...
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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In Heaven as on Earth: A Vi...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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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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“Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.”
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tags: choice, emotion, feeling, insightful, love
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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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