This I Believe. By that name, we present the personal philosophies of thoughtful men and women in all walks of life. In this brief space, a banker or a butcher, a painter or a social worker, people of all kinds who need have nothing more in common than integrity, a real honesty, will write about the rules they live by, the things they have found to be the basic values in their lives.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Murrow introduces the This I Believe series, which features ordinary people sharing the core values and rules they live by.
- In plain terms
- This series invites regular people to write about the basic values they follow in their daily lives.
- What can you take from it?
- Personal values are universal even when expressed differently.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What values guide your daily decisions?
- How can sharing values improve understanding?
Another view
Some values may conflict across cultures, making universal application difficult.
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