This I believe: the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women

Foreword / Studs Terkel

Introduction / Jay Allison

Be cool to the pizza dude / Sarah Adams

Leaving identity issues to other folks / Phyllis Allen

In giving I connect with others / Isabel Allende

Remembering all the boys / Elvia Bautista

The mountain disappears / Leonard Bernstein

How is it possible to believe in God? / William F. Buckley, Jr.

The fellowship of the world / Niven Busch

There is no job more important than parenting / Benjamin Carson

A journey toward acceptance and love / Greg Chapman

A shared moment of trust / Warren Christopher

The hardest work you will ever do / Mary Cook

Good can be as communicable as evil / Norman Corwin

A daily walk just to listen / Susan Cosio

The elusive yet holy core / Kathy Dahlen

My father's evening star / William O. Douglas

An honest doubter / Elizabeth Deutsch Earle

Have I learned anything important since I was sixteen? / Elizabeth Deutsch Earle

An ideal of service to our fellow man / Albert Einstein

The power and mystery of naming things / Eve Ensler

A goal of service to humankind / Anthony Fauci

The God who embraced me / John W. Fountain

Unleashing the power of creativity / Bill Gates

The people who love you when no one else will / Cecile Gilmer

The willingness to work for solutions / Newt Gingrich

The connection between strangers / Miles Goodwin

An athlete of God / Martha Graham

Seeing in beautiful, precise pictures / Temple Grandin

Disrupting my comfort zone / Brian Grazer

In praise of the "Wobblies" / Ted Gup

The power of presence / Debbie Hall

A grown-up Barbie / Jane Hamill

Happy talk / Oscar Hammerstein II

Natural links in a long chain of being / Victor Hanson

Talking with the sun / Joy Harjo

A morning prayer in a little church / Helen Hayes

Our noble, essential decency / Robert A. Heinlein

A new birth of freedom / Maximillan Hodder

The benefits of restlessness and jagged edges / Kay Redfield Jamison

There is no God / Penn Jillette

A duty to heal / Pius Kamau

Living life with "Grace and elegant treeness" / Ruth Kamps

The light of a brighter day / Helen Keller

The bright lights of freedom / Harold Hongju Koh

The power of love to transform and heal / Jackie Lantry

The power of mysteries / Alan Lightman

Life grows in the soil of time / Thomas Mann

Why I close my restaurant / George Mardikian

The virtues of the quiet hero / John McCain

The joy and enthusiasm of reading / Rick Moody

There is such a thing as truth / Errol Morris

The rule of law / Michael Mullane

Getting angry can be a good thing / Cecilia Muñoz

Mysterious connections that link us together / Azar Nafisi

The making of poems / Gregory Orr

We are each other's business / Eboo Patel

The 50-percent theory of life / Steve Porter

The America I believe in / Colin Powell

The real consequences of justice / Frederic Reamer

There is more to life than my life / Jamaica Ritcher Tomorrow will be a better day / Josh Rittenberg

Free minds and hearts at work / Jackie Robinson

Growth that starts from thinking / Eleanor Roosevelt

The artistry in hidden talents / Mel Rusnov

My fellow worms / Carl Sandburg

When children are wanted / Margaret Sanger

Jazz is the sound of God laughing / Colleen Shaddox

There is no such thing as too much barbecue / Jason Sheehan

The people have spoken / Mark shields

Everything potent is dangerous / Wallace Stegner

A balance between nature and nurture / Gloria Steinem

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness / Andrew Sullivan

Always go to the funeral / Deirdre Sullivan

Finding prosperity by feeding monkeys / Harold Taw

I agree with a pagan / Arnold Toynbee

Testing the limits of what I know and feel / John Updike

How do you believe in a mystery? / Loudon Wainwright III

Creative solutions to life's challenges / Frank X. Walker

Goodness doesn't just happen / Rebecca West

When ordinary people achieve extraordinary things / Jody Williams

Afterword: The history of This I Believe: The power of an idea / Dan Gediman

Appendix A: Introduction to the 1950s This I Believe radio series / Edward R. Murrow

Appendix B: How to write your own This I Believe essay

Appendix C: How to use This I Believe in your community

Acknowledgments.

Be cool to the pizza dude / Sarah Adams

Leaving identity issues to other folks / Phyllis Allen

In giving I connect with others / Isabel Allende

Remembering all the boys / Elvia Bautista

mountain disappears / Leonard Bernstein

How is it possible to believe in God? / William F. Buckley, Jr.

fellowship of the world / Niven Busch

There is no job more important than parenting / Benjamin Carson

journey toward acceptance and love / Greg Chapman

shared moment of trust / Warren Christopher

hardest work you will ever do / Mary Cook

Good can be communicable as evil / Norman Corwin

daily walk just to listen / Susan Cosio

elusive yet holy core / Kathy Dahlen

My father's evening star / William O. Douglas

honest doubter / Elizabeth Deutsch Earle

Have I learned anything important since I was sixteen? / Elizabeth Deutsch Earle

ideal of service to our fellow man / Albert Einstein

power and mystery of naming things / Eve Ensler

goal of service to humankind / Anthony Fauci

God who embraced me / John W. Fountain

Unleashing the power of creativity / Bill Gates

people who love you when no one else will / Cecile Gilmer

willingness to work for solutions / Newt Gingrich

connection between strangers / Miles Goodwin

athlete of God / Martha Graham

Seeing in beautiful, precise pictures / Temple Grandin

Disrupting my comfort zone / Brian Grazer

Science nourishes the mind and the soul / Brian Greene

In praise of the "Wobblies" / Ted Gup

power of presence / Debbie Hall

grown-up Barbie / Jane Hamill

Happy talk / Oscar Hammerstein II

Natural links in a long chain of being / Victor Hanson

Talking with the sun / Joy Harjo

morning prayer in a little church / Helen Hayes

Our noble, essential decency / Robert A. Heinlein

new birth of freedom / Maximilian Hodder

benefits of restlessness and jagged edges / Kay Redfield Jamison

There is no God / Penn Jillette

duty to heal / Pius Kamau

Living life with "grace and elegant treeness" / Ruth Kamps

light of a brighter day / Helen Keller

bright lights of freedom / Harold Hongju Koh

power of love to transform and heal / Jackie Lantry

power of mysteries / Alan Lightman

Life grows in the soil of time / Thomas Mann

Why I close my restaurant / George Mardikian

virtues of the quiet hero / John McCain

joy and enthusiasm of reading / Rick Moody

There is such a thing as truth / Errol Morris

rule of law / Michael Mullane

Getting angry can be a good thing / Cecilia Munoz

Mysterious connections that link us together / Azar Nafisi

making of poems / Gregory Orr

We are each other's business / Eboo Patel

50-percent theory of life / Steve Porter

America I believe in / Colin Powell

real consequences of justice / Frederic Reamer

There is more to life than my life / Jamaica Ritcher

Tomorrow will be a better day / Josh Rittenberg

Free minds and hearts at work / Jackie Robinson

Growth that starts from thinking / Eleanor Roosevelt

artistry in hidden talents / Mel Rusnov

My fellow worms / Carl Sandburg

When children are wanted / Margaret Sanger

Jazz is the sound of God laughing / Colleen Shaddox

There is no such thing as too much barbecue / Jason Sheehan

people have spoken / Mark Shields

Everything potent is dangerous / Wallace Stegner

balance between nature and nurture / Gloria Steinem

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness / Andrew Sullivan

Always go to the funeral / Deirdre Sullivan

Finding prosperity by feeding monkeys / Harold Taw

I agree with a pagan / Arnold Toynbee

Testing the limits of what I know and feel / John Updike

How do you believe in a mystery? / Loudon Wainwright III

Creative solutions to life's challenges / Frank X. Walker

Goodness doesn't just happen / Rebecca West

When ordinary people achieve extraordinary things / Jody Williams

Afterword : the history of This I believe : the power of an idea / Dan Gediman

App. A. Introduction to the 1950s : This I believe radio series / Edward R. Murrow

App. B. How to write your own This I believe essay

App. C. How to use This I believe in your community.