Everyone in America seems to be joining an organization of some kind, and in Congress one hears from them all.

The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you could be -- and that's so tempting.

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

A code of behavior is an inevitable part of life in any community, and if we hadn't inherited ours, we should have had to invent one.

What we do stems directly from what we believe.

Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology shows the futility of past efforts to make a lasting change in manners by an act of will or authority.

In our times, significantly, the three outstanding voices against violence have been silenced by murder - Mahatma Gandhi in India, Archbishop Romero in El Salvador, and Dr. Martin Luther King, here at home.