There is something very appealing about a room which one occupied as a child; it brings back one's childhood more vividly than anything else I know.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

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 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.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

When you win big, that is the time your true character will show.

To be dignified and distinguished give honor and dignity to others.

Both the art of intuition and the science of analytics have the role to play in making wise decisions.

Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.

One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

Our work is to present things that are as they are.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

Some people don't have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that's when something greater than even that comes in, and that's faith and that's what I have for me, that's what keeps me strong.