Kirk J. Schneider Professions : Psychologist Born : July 27, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Kirk J. Schneider Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many people, it has become commensurately less engaged. Kirk J. Schneider reflection self discovery Our greatest challenge today is to couple conviction with doubt. By conviction, I mean some pragmatically developed faith, trust, or centeredness; and by doubt I mean openness to the ongoing changeability, mystery, and fallibility of the conviction. Kirk J. Schneider couple challenges mean Awe is not a very comfortable standpoint for many people... Hence, all about us today, we see avoidance of awe-by burying ourselves in materialist science, for example or in absolutist religious positions; or by locking ourselves into systems, whether corporate, familial, or consumerist; or by stupefying ourselves with drugs. Kirk J. Schneider drug religious people Ecstasy is a glimpse of the infinite; horror is full disclosure. Kirk J. Schneider glimpse horror emotion Similar Authors Bruno Bettelheim psychologist Boris Sidis psychologist Anthony Greenwald psychologist Arnold Gesell psychologist Arno Gruen psychologist Anna Freud psychologist All Authors
