I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.

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.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

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 idea.

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

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.

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

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

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

Don't frustrate yourself by mistaking "associates" for "friends"! Everyone doesn't have your back. Identify the people in your life & don't expect them to be, who they're not!

Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death so are statues and inscriptions so is history.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion.

If you live in your senses, slowly, with attention, if you use your eyes and your fingertips and your taste buds, then romance is something you’ll never need a greeting card to make you remember.

We don't want any adventures here! You might try over the Hill or Across the Water.

Enthusiasm attracts more passengers and energizes them during the ride.

I like hats that make the heart beat faster.