Norman Vincent Peale Quote
Sudden I stopped. I was out of breath. I asked myself, What is this all about? What is the meaning of this ceaseless rush? This is ridiculous! Then I declared independence, and said, I do not care if I go to dinner. I do not care whether I make a talk. I do not have to go to this dinner and I do not have to make a speech. So deliberately and slowly I walked back to my room and took my time about unlocking the door. I telephoned the man downstairs and said, If you want to eat, go ahead. If you want to save a place for me, I will be down after a while, but I am not going to rush any more. So I removed my coat, sat down, took off my shoes, put my feet up on the table, and just sat. Then I opened the Bible and very slowly read aloud the 121st Psalm, I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. I closed the book and had a little talk with myself, saying, Come on now, start living a slower and more relaxed life, and then I affirmed, God is here and His
Sudden I stopped. I was out of breath. I asked myself, What is this all about? What is the meaning of this ceaseless rush? This is ridiculous! Then I declared independence, and said, I do not care if I go to dinner. I do not care whether I make a talk. I do not have to go to this dinner and I do not have to make a speech. So deliberately and slowly I walked back to my room and took my time about unlocking the door. I telephoned the man downstairs and said, If you want to eat, go ahead. If you want to save a place for me, I will be down after a while, but I am not going to rush any more. So I removed my coat, sat down, took off my shoes, put my feet up on the table, and just sat. Then I opened the Bible and very slowly read aloud the 121st Psalm, I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. I closed the book and had a little talk with myself, saying, Come on now, start living a slower and more relaxed life, and then I affirmed, God is here and His
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About Norman Vincent Peale
Peale led a group opposing the election of John F. Kennedy for president, saying, "Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake." Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr responded that Peale was motivated by "blind prejudice," and facing intense public criticism, Peale retracted his statement. He also opposed Adlai Stevenson's candidacy for president because he was divorced, which led Stevenson to famously quip, "I find Saint Paul appealing and Saint Peale appalling."
Following the publication of Peale's 1952 best seller, his ideas became the focus of criticism from several psychiatric professionals, church theologians and leaders. Peale was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, on March 26, 1984, by President Ronald Reagan. He died at age 95, following a stroke, on December 24, 1993, in Pawling, New York. He was survived by Ruth Stafford, his wife of 63 years, who had influenced him with regard to the publication of The Power in 1952, and with whom he had founded Guideposts in 1945; Ruth died on February 6, 2008, at the age of 101.