My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

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.

To err is human, to purr is feline.

There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.

If you push me far enough, all I really know is that he was a fine fisherman.""You know more than that, " my father said. "He was beautiful.

People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

Each nanosecond of history branches off into an infinite amount of parallel universes.

Light is the shadow of God.