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Description
Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twenty-three languages, it has made publishing... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. The part that appears above ground lasts only a single summer”
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“Mental illness occurs when the conscious will of the individual deviates substantially from the will of God, which is the individual's own unconscious will”
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“Although our conscious mind has denied reality, our unconscious, which is omniscient, knows the true score and attempts to help us out by stimulating, through symptom formation, our conscious mind to the awareness that something is wrong”
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“In other words, the painful and unwanted symptoms of mental illness are manifestations of grace”
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“As a psychiatrist, I feel it is important to mention at the outset two assumptions that underlie this book. One is that I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth”
First Sentence
Life is difficult.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- M. Scott Peck MD (Author)
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