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

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.

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.

If you think of evil things, you are likely to do evil things and that will never pay you a pesewa. Think of good things and do good always!

If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

By not coming forward, you make yourself a victim forever.

I will compensate all your one-inch, two-inch losses because I know how important every inch is to you aged, decrepit men.

Maybe selflessness was only selfishness on another level.

Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.

I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.

I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about.

Do not fear mistakes - fear only the absence of creative, constructive, and corrective responses to those mistakes.