I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. – John W. Gardner

While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many. – Lady Bird Johnson