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

But as a philosopher said, one day after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, after all the scientific and technological achievements, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

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

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

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

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