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I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. I believe more observance of this principle would help us fix our hardest, most pressing problems.
I believe we often act with more selfishness than kindness. I believe flipping the ratio would increase happiness for billions.
I believe community sustains us.
I believe in storytelling and in the potential of a single person’s story, told well, to help us understand the broader human experience.
I believe in science and in its capacity through continuous self-correction to explain the mysteries of our planet, of the universe and of life itself.
I believe there are many paths to spiritual comfort. I believe in vigorously pursuing mine and in assertively respecting you as you find yours.
I believe truths are universal and ideas are bound to time and culture. I believe that distinguishing between the two is difficult and that to find truths we must repeatedly re-examine our ideas – rejecting some.
I believe I often fail to live in to my beliefs.
I believe singing and peanut M&M’s usually brighten a day.
More in this series
WHAT I BELIEVE: Emily Toth
WHAT I BELIEVE: Thomas Gunning
WHAT I BELIEVE: Donna Yelverton
WHAT I BELIEVE: Ten more writers on what they believe
