More Endorsements:

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories for a Better World

“I am proud to have my story included among dozens of other vibrant and inspiring perspectives on the never-ending struggle for peace. This is a volume that will open your eyes and gladden your heart.”

Oscar Arias

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, former president of Costa Rica

“Learning how to create a peaceful soul is the most important calling of our time…for ourselves, and for the future of our world. This book is a loving and instructive guide.”

Marianne Williamson

“Chicken Soup for the Soul…Stories for a Better World is unique in its wisdom, full of inspiration and insight. I hope it will be widely read.”

Howard Zinn

Historian, playwright, author of Voices of a People’s History of the United States

“Years ago, when I wrote the lyric, ‘Weave, weave, weave me the sunshine, out of the falling rain. Weave me the hope of a new tomorrow, and fill my cup again,’ I never thought I’d read a book that would powerfully bring this hope and dream to life. To create joy and healing from sorrow and suffering is the stuff of the moving stories told in these healing pages. They hint that everyone can find his or her version of this great gift…one to be shared in different, perhaps, but always extremely significant ways.”

Peter Yarrow

of Peter, Paul, and Mary

“This book of dynamite stories is a ‘must-read’! These true stories will inspire you and encourage you to get up, get out and act with new energy. By reading this treasure trove, you will be powerfully convinced that each person’s words and actions truly do have the power to lift and heal the world.”

Midge Costanza

First woman to serve as assistant to the president, appointed by President Carter

“This book is a lovingly compiled and painstakingly profound work detailing the possibilities of the human spirit. It shows us in story after story how we CAN make this world a better place…and not merely wish it so.”

Laurie Beth Jones

Author, Jesus, CEO

“This collection is a treasure chest: Inside readers will find beautiful gems of celebration, appreciation, creativity, strength and joy.”

Virginia E. Law, J.D.

President, PeacePaths, LLC

“These stories of our humane beingness comfort us to the core. In simple acts of essential humanity, we find where we all belong.”

RAFFI Cavoukian, C.M.

Singer/composer

“In this age of information overload, one of the rare things people really remember are metaphors, parables, short stories, pictures, and photos, because they speak to the heart more than to the intellect. This is the immense value of the Chicken Soup series, which explains its unending success over the years. Many of the enclosed stories brought tears to my eyes: they cut across all barriers, because they speak to that common strain of humanity in all of us, to the original innocence and spontaneous compassion which lies…albeit sometimes dormant…in the heart of every human being.”

Pierre Pradervand

Author, The Gentle Art of Blessing

“At a time when we are inundated with what is wrong, failing and to be feared in our world, I can think of no more courageous act in advancing a global culture of peace and compassion that to acknowledge, together, all the good that is erupting around us. This remarkable book goes a long way in advancing that dialogue, and the practical hope it brings. Be part of the emerging global consciousness. Read it with your family and fiends. Read it to your children!”

Steve Olweean

Founding director, Common Bond Institute