Even The Finest Workman Needs To Inspect

But It Does No Good--solves Nothing--to Distance Myself From The Front Lines Of Human Need By Using The Mail As A Safe Shelter. I Believe That Serving The Best Ends Of Humanity Means Getting Out In The Middle Of It Just As It Is, Not Staying Home Writing Checks And Thinking Hopeful Thoughts. The World Does Not Need Tourists Who Ride By In A Bus Clucking Their Tongues. The World As It Is Needs Those Who Will Love It Enough To Change It, With What They Have, Where They Are. And You're Damned Right That's Idealistic. No Apology. When Idealism Goes Into The Trash As Junk Mail, We're Finished.

These Are The Things I Learned: Share Everything, Play Fair. Don't Hit People. Put Things Back Where You Found Them. Clean Up Your Own Mess. Don't Take Things That Aren't Yours. Say You're Sorry When You Hurt Somebody. Wash Your Hands Before You Eat. Warm Cookies And Cold Milk Are Good For You. Live A Balanced Life. Learn Some And Think Some And Draw Some And Paint And Sing And Dance And Play And Work Some Every Day. Take A Nap Every Afternoon, And, When You Go Out Into The World, Watch For Traffic, Hold Hands, And Stick Together.

Never Forget That Music Is Too Important To Be Left Entirely In The Hands Of Professionals.

If Someone Were To Ask Me Whether I Believed In God, Or Saw God, Or Had A Particular Relationship With God, I Would Reply That I Don't Separate God From My World In My Thinking. I Feel That God Is Everywhere. That's Why I Never Feel Separated From God Or Feel I Must Seek God, Any More Than A Fish In The Ocean Feels It Must Seek Water. In A Sense, God Is The "ocean" In Which We Live.

And It Is Still True, No Matter How Old You Are, When You Go Out Into The World It Is Best To Hold Hands And Stick Together.