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

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 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.

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.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

The few Americans he had encountered in his lifetime had all seemed flat to him, as if freedom weakened one's capacity for intense emotion by demanding too little of it.

You are a wonderful sacred-soul.

Love a man who'll bleed to make a point. (Candy)

A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses us not by his demonic and romantic vision, but by his patience.

Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private.

It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to do?

Have you ever head this theory about drinking yourself sober?' Eddie asked. 'It's a very popular theory. Amongst drunks, anyway.

You gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important.

Among the masked dandies of Edwardian comedy, Max Beerbohm is the most happily armored by a deep and almost innocent love of himself as a work of art.