第一篇 人生哲理 3
1．Companionship of Books 3
2．True Nobility 7
3．We Are on a Journey 10
4．The Road to Success 13
5．Shall We Choose Death? 16
6．Of Beauty 22
7．The Handsome and Deformed Leg 26
8．Self-Reliance 31
9．On Pleasure 35
10．On Achieving Success 39
11．The Joys of Writing 42
12．Hour in the Sun 45
13．On Solitude 48
14．Night 52
15．Youth 55
16．The Power of Beauty 58
17．Every Man's Natural Desire to Be Somebody Else 61
第二篇 生活哲理 67
18．Childhood 67
19．Baseball Has a Religion Too 72
20．Life Is Like a Train Ride 76
21．The Smile 80
22．One Success Is Enough 83
23．My Mother's Gift 86
24．Grandmother's China 91
25．So Much to Learn 94
26．To Love a Stranger 97
27．My Father's Son 102
28．Three O'Cat Is Still a Game 107
29．Three Peach Stones 111
30．How Could You? 116
31．Don't Follow the Follower 121
32．Going on a Journey 124
33．A Better Tomorrow 127
第三篇 哲理故事 131
34．The Creation of the World 131
35．Wolves and Rabbits 134
36．The Wisest King 137
37．First Love 140
38．Picasso and Me 145
39．The Difference 149
40．The Legacy 151
41．The Celebrated Jumping Frog 156
42．Handicapped People Overcoming Obstacles to Become Great 159
43．Two Loaves of Bread 163
44．Gloves 169