In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems..

What can change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past-an idea and the service of dedicated, committed individuals to that….

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity..

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is..

The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands….

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart..

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight..

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team..

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant..

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting..

Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all..

Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us..

The cure is care. Caring for others is the practice of peace. Caring becomes as important as curing. Caring produces the cure, not the reverse. Carin….

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacr….

Shatter the glass. In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at yourself and more at each other. Learn more about the face of your ….

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease..

The most important thing that I know about living is love. Nothing surpasses the benefits received by a human being who makes compassion and love the….

I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be….

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being..

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices..

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system..