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

> It is not the weak or the stupid who are most likely to be the targets of evil, but the strong and the good. Evil seeks to destroy the life force wherever it is most manifest.

- 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: 194
- 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/it-is-not

## 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)