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.

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.

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

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.

Time passed at an accelerated pace. They could be sitting in traffic or talking on the phone or waiting in line for a movie, and their time felt precious, important, worthwhile.

I sometimes need to write things which I cannot completely control but which therefore prove that what is in me is stronger than I am.

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.

I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They're not the girls you would assume.

[Iran agreement] is one of the worst agreements I've ever seen drawn by anybody.

In love there are no penalties and no payments, and what is given is indistinguishable from what is received.

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.

My intention is to live more fully each moment with who - how - I actually am, not who I imagine I will be one day.