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> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/god-would-seem-to-be-too-occupied-in-being-unable-to-take-her-eyes/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

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> [“Behold the One beholding you and smiling.” It is precisely because we have such an overactive disapproval gland ourselves that we tend to create God in our own image. It is truly hard for us to see the truth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/behold-the-one-beholding-you-and-smiling-it-is-precisely-because-we/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

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## More by Gregory 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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/it-s-my-first-day-teaching-i-say-to-her-give-me-some-advice-two/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [ “\[W\]e seek to tell each person this truth: they are exactly what God had in mind when God made them—and then we watch, from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/w-e-seek-to-tell-each-person-this-truth-they-are-exactly-what-god-had/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/sometimes-resilience-arrives-in-the-moment-you-discover-your-own/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/compassion-isn-t-just-about-feeling-the-pain-of-others-it-s-about/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“This was to be their place- outside of communion- forever. Maybe we call this the opposite of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/this-was-to-be-their-place-outside-of-communion-forever-maybe-we-call/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“This way will not pass again, and so there is a duty to be mindful of that which delights and keeps joy at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/this-way-will-not-pass-again-and-so-there-is-a-duty-to-be-mindful-of/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“No daylight to separate us. Only kinship. Inching ourselves closer to creating a community of kinship such that God might recognize it. Soon we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/no-daylight-to-separate-us-only-kinship-inching-ourselves-closer-to/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/the-god-who-is-greater-than-god-has-only-one-thing-on-her-mind-and/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“Salivating for success keeps you from being faithful, keeps you from truly seeing whoever's sitting in front of you. Embracing a strategy and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/salivating-for-success-keeps-you-from-being-faithful-keeps-you-from/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“Kinship– not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not “a man for others”; he was one with them. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/kinship-not-serving-the-other-but-being-one-with-the-other-jesus-was/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“Paradise is not a place that awaits our arrival but a present we arrive at.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/paradise-is-not-a-place-that-awaits-our-arrival-but-a-present-we/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“Living the gospel, then, is less about “thinking outside the box” than about choosing to live in this ever-widening circle of inclusion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/living-the-gospel-then-is-less-about-thinking-outside-the-box-than/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“The principle suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace. It is a toxic shame -- a global sense of failure of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/the-principle-suffering-of-the-poor-is-shame-and-disgrace-it-is-a/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

> [“Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/resilience-is-born-by-grounding-yourself-in-your-own-loveliness/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyle/compassion-isn-t-just-about-feeling-the-pain-of-others-it-s-about-2/)

[Gregory Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyle/)

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