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.

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.

The wolves wait for you, little lamb.

I am enjoying to a full that period of reflection which is the happiest conclusion to a life of action.

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.

Every man speaks of public opinion, and means by public opinion, public opinion minus his opinion.

To love means you also trust.

I am not a saint or a cripple, I am not a wound; now I will see whether I am a coward.

It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.

Whatever others think or do, lower not your standard of purity, morality and love of God.

Have faith that God won't send you anything you're incapable of handling. You can decide that the word fear is an acronym for... False Evidence Appearing Real.