Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain … - M. Scott Peck

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Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.

M. Scott Peck

The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth · 1978 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Morgan Scott Peck (22 May 1936 – 25 September 2005) was was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who was most well known for writing the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. He wrote fifteen books in total.

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The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.

Extension of ourselves or moving out against the inertia of laziness we call work. Moving out in the face of fear we call courage.

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