The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.

When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books.

If you do your research on hot springs all over the world, they're usually places of peace. People, even in warring nations and so forth, they'll go and live in peace together around the hot springs, which were always considered medicinal. I firmly believe in water therapy.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.

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

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.