If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

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

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.