--- title: "1 Conditional love Quotes By Greg Boyle" description: "1 Conditional love quotes by Greg Boyle. Plus more from Greg Boyle and more Conditional love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png" --- > [Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump gang, and that's what happens at Homeboy Industries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-and-one-of-the-ways-to/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png) ## More by Greg Boyle > [The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-truth-is-this-brutalized-victimized-children-invariably-will/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-don-t-save-people-god-saves-people-i-can-point-them-in-the-right/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/gang-members-aren-t-frightened-into-acceptable-behavior-by-increased/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-idea-that-any-law-enforcement-agency-or-person-would-ever-know/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [You can't reason with gang violence: you can't talk to it, sit it at the table, and negotiate with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/you-can-t-reason-with-gang-violence-you-can-t-talk-to-it-sit-it-at/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-have-never-seen-a-hopeful-person-join-a-gang/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/most-citizens-viewing-the-tape-of-rodney-g-king-being-beaten-by/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [“On most days, if I'm true to myself, I just want to share my life with the poor, regardless of result. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/on-most-days-if-i-m-true-to-myself-i-just-want-to-share-my-life-with/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-poor-evangelize-you-about-what-s-important-and-what-is-the-gospel/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [“Leon Dufour, a world-renowned Jesuit theologian and Scripture scholar, a year before he died at ninety-nine, confided in a Jesuit who was caring for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/leon-dufour-a-world-renowned-jesuit-theologian-and-scripture-scholar/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [When the vastness of God meets the restriction of our own humanity, words can't hold it. The best we can do is find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/when-the-vastness-of-god-meets-the-restriction-of-our-own-humanity/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-spent-the-summers-of-1984-and-1985-as-an-associate-pastor-at/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-margins-don-t-get-erased-by-simply-insisting-that-the-powers-that/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the message has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/it-has-become-an-accepted-tenet-that-kids-will-rarely-listen-to-their/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force and tragic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-bad-cop-only-disturbing-and-dominant-cop/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditional-love/greg-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "1 Conditional love Quotes By Greg Boyle", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump gang, and that's what happens at Homeboy Industries.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-and-one-of-the-ways-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which…” — Greg Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditional-love/greg-boyle/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditional-love/greg-boyle/", "name": "Conditional love Quotes by Greg Boyle", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditional-love/greg-boyle/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png" }, "description": "1 Conditional love quotes by Greg Boyle. 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