“I think when you see that the status quo creates pain and anguish and ...” — Bryan Stevenson Quote

“I think when you see that the status quo creates pain and anguish and suffering, what I am most afraid of is that things will stay the same.”

“That's my mission: I really want to get in the heads and hearts of kids and persuade them that they can believe things they haven't seen, they can do things that maybe others haven't done before them, that they are more than their worst acts.”

“I grew up in a segregated community: I couldn't go to the public schools, beaches, certain parts of town.”

“I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.”

“What kind of man would I have been if I had not been there to help her? I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached.”

“In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.”