Before you go to sleep, run over your personal world mentally and thank God for everyone and everything.

— Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993), Pastor, Autor

Topics: Joy & Gratitude, Prayer & Silence

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale war ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Pastor und Autor, der von 1932 bis 1984 die Marble Collegiate Church in New York City leitete. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seinen Bestseller „Die Kraft positiven Denkens“ (1952), in dem er christlichen Glauben mit psychologischen Methoden zur Lebensbewältigung verband. Während seine Sinnsprüche bis heute zur Ermutigung zitiert werden, sehen theologische Kritiker in seinem Ansatz eine problematische Verengung biblischer Botschaften auf individuelle Selbstoptimierung und irdischen Erfolg.

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