This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (This I Believe, 1) (U)

Presents A Collection Of Eighty Essays Exploring The Personal Beliefs Of A Diverse Assortment Of Contributors, Both Famous And Unknown, Who Reflect On Their Faith, The Evolution Of Their Beliefs, And How They Express Them. 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. Edited By Jay Allison And Dan Gediman ; With John Gregory And Viki Merrick.