I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

And then his noise falls completely silent-And he stops struggling-And looking right into my eyes-He dies.My Todd dies.

Think about that for a moment. They died for you. Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing?

Justice required resort to law and that could be a fickle mistress, subject always to the whims and prejudices of those who administered the laws.

There is a popular conception about karma, and that is that as you sow, so shall you reap. That's only true if you're a farmer.

A goal is a planned conflict with the status quo.

You have to live among rich liberals to understand what they're saying. You'll never believe what they mean by 'middle class.' They mean themselves.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

It seemed incredible to me that day without premonitions or symbols should be the one of my inexorable death .

Every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things.

Take care that no one hates you justly.