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Title: Abounding Grace An Anthology Of Wisdom by M. Scott Peck ISBN: 0-7407-1014-1 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another great book on ethics by Scott Peck
Comment: Scott peck has put together this anthology of quotes on the virtues of happiness, courage, compassion, purity, perseverance, courtesy, faith, goodness, love, respect, strength, and wisdom. If you have a natural philosophical bent you will find most of the quotes in this 384 page book to be quite profound. If you have no interest in a collection of quotes then don't buy this book. If you do read on and see what you think of this sampling of quotes found in the book:
CHARITY
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, when alive, would part with nothing.
-Charles Caleb Colton
Charity, to be fruitful, must cost us.
-Mother Teresa
COMPASSION
One cannot weep for the entire world. It is beyond human strength. One must choose. - Jean Anouilh
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat... We must find each other.
-Mother Teresa
GRATITUDE
A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. - Cicero
Into the well which supplies thee with water, cast no stones. - Talmud
No duty is more urgent than returning thanks. - Saint Ambrose
Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each, and know how hard it is to make anything good. - Baltasar Gracian
HAPPINESS
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen Keller
Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. - Joseph Wood Krutch
I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something. - August Strindberg
If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.
-Edith Wharton
COURAGE
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. - Vittorio Alfieri
What is to give light must endure burning - Victor Frankl
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage - Seneca
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. - Napoleon I
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Muriel Strode
It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.
-George Christopher Litenburg
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
-Frank Scully
Rating: 5
Summary: A Bountiful Gift for Wisdom Seekers!
Comment: The truth must be told. We don't own this book ... yet. Instead, we browsed through it at a very large, library like bookstore. The look and feel of the book made it difficult to put back on the shelf. Indeed, we found that this thick book was a feast of words, containing hundreds and hundreds of quotes - 1,600 or so -- on topics having to do with virtue: happiness, courage, compassion, purity, perseverance, courtesy, faith, goodness, love, respect, strength, and wisdom.
But it proved to be much more than just the usual collection of great quotes, or words of wisdom to look at once in a while, or copy onto websites and into newsletters. "Virtue" when served up by M. Scott Peck goes beyond conventional, dogmatic wisdom that sees goodness as something to be applied externally, and medicinally.
Peck thoughtfully reflects on what virtue is, what it means to individuals, how it emerges in each of us, from deep within. Before each section of quotes from a variety of people from different cultures, times, and beliefs, he offers his own reflections and experiences (on light purple paper, so you can easily see where each section begins) about the topic.
We love this book because it gives us all those favorite quotes, and some delicious food for thought. For the M. Scott Peck fan (The Road Less Traveled), this book will be a welcome gift (its on MY list to give and get)!
Rating: 4
Summary: Wise purchase
Comment: So I walk into this store, and I am going through books casually...and this book really caught my eye. It made me sit and think...I didnt think much thereafter. I bought it.
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Title: The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck ISBN: 0743243153 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck ISBN: 0684848597 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Abounding Wisdom: A Spiritual Treasury by M. Scott Peck, M. Scott Peck ISBN: 0740729470 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 02 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: FURTHER ALONG THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED : THE UNENDING JOURNEY TOWARD SPIRITUAL GROWTH by M. Scott Peck ISBN: 068484723X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Road Less Traveled and Beyond : Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety by M. Scott Peck ISBN: 0684835614 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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