# Quote — M. Scott Peck, The People Of The Lie

> If we attempt te deal with (human) evil by destroying it, we will also end up destroying ourselves, spiritually if not physcially. And we are likely to take some innocent people with us as well.

- Author: [M. Scott Peck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck.md)
- Book: [The People Of The Lie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie.md)
- Page: 306
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/M._Scott_Peck#People_of_the_Lie:_The_Hope_for_Healing_Human_Evil_(1983)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/if-we-attempt

## More from this book

> The reality of the matter is that the naming of evil is still in a primitive stage.

p. 99 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/the-reality-of-the.md)

> The only power that Satan has is through human belief in its lies.

p. 237 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/the-only-power.md)

> ... As (Malachi) Martin points out, it is terribly important to understand that Satan is a spirit. I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible in the way that matter is tangible. It no more has horns, hooves, and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something basically nameless... It is spirit.

p. 224 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/as-malachi-martin.md)