M. Scott Peck Quotes

One does not become a guru by accident.

In the East, the guru never calls himself a guru.

The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.

I was always looking for relatability, because I am not someone cut out for larger than life roles.

I don't want to preach to anyone, because I'm not.

I don't know what people expect me to be like, but I'm very down-to-earth and not at all full of myself.

If your idea of a guru is from a calendar, who has candy-floss beard and a constipated look on the face, then definitely I am not that.

In whosever presence you find peace of mind, devoid of fear, only that person can be your guru.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.

I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.

I never want to be pretentious.

It's very nice to be in a show where your vanity is completely out of the picture.