M. Scott Peck Quotes

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

We need wisdom the most when we believe in it the least.

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

I've reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don't know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world.

There are many things that I don't understand.

Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

The more I see, the less I know.

The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.

Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.

You can't discover light, by analyzing the dark.

To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.

To know much is often the cause of doubting more.

We must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to be absolutely convinced that their stand is the only right one...is a dead giveaway of unconscious doubt. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt.

'These things will become clear to you,' said the old man gently, 'at least,' he added with slight doubt in his voice, 'clearer than they are at the moment.'

She lay in the dark and knew everything.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.