Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged.

We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes.

You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

I don't think there's been a time in American history with more innocent people in prison.

Always do the right thing even when the right thing is the hard thing

We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent.

Love as if you were created by the universe just to love.

There was no opiate like a French pillow.

Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.

Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.

A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.

In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony.

One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense.

I've been doing musicals since forever. Actually, I was focused on singing and becoming a singer until I landed on 'Passions.

Nothing can stand in the way of the man who focuses his entire self on a problem.

When you start hiding things away, that’s when the darkness creeps up. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.