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The Paradoxical Self: Toward an Understanding of Our Contradictory Nature

This book delves into the multifaceted nature of human personality, examining the various contradictions that define our character and behavior. more

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Kirk J. Schneider
Kirk J. Schneider

Kirk J. Schneider is a psychologist renowned for his contributions to the field of positive psychology. His research focuses on human potential, psychotherapy, and spiritual development. more

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“Most of what happens in the world is just a consequence of natural, universal laws- laws that apply everywhere and to everything, with no special exemptions or amplifications for your benefit- given variety by the input of chance. Everything that you as a human being consider cosmically important is an accident.”

“I know. I know that I shall never again meet anything or anybody who will inspire me with passion. You know, it's quite a job starting to love somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment, in the very beginning, when you have to jump across a precipice: if you think about it you don't do it. I know I'll never jump again.”

“It is a confession that we do not have such a prodigious head as is required to answer the question what is happening, that we cannot get on top of what is happening, that we are stuck in the middle of it, in medias res, inter-esse, amazing and bewildered. We cannot soar over what is happening with philosophy's eagle-wings. What's happening has clipped our wings.”