Gregory J. Boyle Quotes & Sayings

Terror melting into wonder, then slipping into peace. — Gregory J. Boyle

Just assume the answer to every question is compassion. — Gregory J. Boyle

If you can't fix it, feature it. — Gregory J. Boyle

Can we stay faithful and persistent in our fidelity even when things seem not to succeed? I suppose Jesus could have chosen a strategy that worked better (evidence-based outcomes) - that didn't end in the Cross - but he couldn't find a strategy more soaked with fidelity that the one he embraced — Gregory J. Boyle

God can get tiny, if we're not careful. — Gregory J. Boyle

God would seem to be too occupied in being unable to take Her eyes off of us to spend any time raising an eyebrow in disapproval. — Gregory J. Boyle

Success and failure, ultimately, have little to do with living the gospel. Jesus just stood with the outcasts until they were welcomed or until he was crucified - whichever came first. — Gregory J. Boyle

Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness. — Gregory J. Boyle

The principle suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace. It is a toxic shame -- a global sense of failure of the whole self. This shame can seep so deep down... To this end, one hopes (against all human inclination) to model not the "one false move" God but the "no matter whatness" of God. You seek to imitate the kind of God you believe in, where disappointment is, well, Greek to Him. You strive to live the black spiritual that says, "God looks beyond our fault and sees our need. — Gregory J. Boyle

Not only does God think we're firme, it is God's joy to have us marinate in that. — Gregory J. Boyle

It's my first day teaching," I say to her, "Give me some advice."

"Two things," she says, "One: know all their names by tomorrow. Two: It's more important that they know you than that they know what you know. — Gregory J. Boyle

The God, who is greater than God, has only one thing on Her mind, and that is to drop, endlessly, rose petals on our heads. Behold the One who can't take His eyes off of you. Marinate in the vastness of that. — Gregory J. Boyle

Compassion isn't just about feeling the pain of others; it's about bringing them in toward yourself. If we love what God loves, then, in compassion, margins get erased. 'Be compassionate as God is compassionate,' means the dismantling of barriers that exclude. — Gregory J. Boyle

Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it. — Gregory J. Boyle

Kindness is the only strength there is. — Gregory J. Boyle

There is no force in the world better able to alter anything from its course than love. — Gregory J. Boyle

Pema Chodron, an ordained Buddhist nun, writes of compassion and suggests that its truest measure lies not in our service of those on the margins, but in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them. — Gregory J. Boyle

The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place - with the outcast and those relegated to the margins. — Gregory J. Boyle