Life - "Hope Came from Praying" - Dr. Philip Zimbardo
PRAY.COMEpisode · 14 min · December 15, 2018
About this episode
Dr. Philip Zimbardo is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment and has since authored various psychology books, textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time
Cure. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project. “My hope came mostly from praying. I was 5 and a half years old and I began to pray every morning when I work up. I’d pray to Jesus Christ to make me strong and brave and healthy and be able to go home as soon as possible.” For more Life, Leadership, and Legacy episodes visit pray.com/podcast.
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