Unfortunately, the United States all too frequently has let the world think that its chief accomplishments are material. We must correct this misunderstanding by realizing that the United States--or any other country--is truly great only in its pursuit of selfless accomplishments such as its caring for its poor and sick.

Only as we judge our growth by selfLess love--instead of selfish material gain--are we truly great. What our country needs today are those who put selfless love first. We must realize that there is a new demand upon us. We cannot continue to live in the old materialistic way. Ease in matter must be replaced by diligent, selfless love.

We must realize that our nation--and we as its citizens--should exist as outward symbols of the Love which is God; and we should realize that this Love which is God, demands, not necessarily material growth, but growth in selfless love itself.

W. Norman Cooper Seize the Day, page 31