When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

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.

One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed.

Frankie, " she said softly, "do you know what my idea of heaven is? A place where the windows are always clean, and the people I want can always come to dinner.

Anyone who thinks heaven is not hot water behind a locked door has forgotten what it means to live.

those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.

If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

..and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didnt know who I was

In order to know what he is, a man must first know what the sum of this mysterious humanity is, a humanity made up of people who, like himself, do not understand what they are.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.