O you who believe, stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fairness, and let not the hatred of others cause you to swerve toward wrong and depart from justice. Be just, that is closer to piety, and be conscious of God, for God is well-acquainted with all that you do.

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wrong, but the coals are.

Enjoined on every part of the human body is charity, every day in which the sun rises. Doing justice between two people is charity, and helping a man onto his animal and leading it is charity, and a good word is charity, and every step which is taken toward prayer is charity, and removing harmful things from the road is charity.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Witness is a shared task, not an independent one

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots

Some of the hardest and most heartwarming work to do is in our own communities. It is the tough and scary work of challenging our own family, friends, and people we’ve grown up with and daring them to dream bigger than we’ve ever been taught.

When a just cause reaches its flood stage…whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming power.