--- title: "14 Folks Quotes By Shane Claiborne" description: "14 Folks quotes by Shane Claiborne. Plus more from Shane Claiborne and more Folks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/shane-claiborne-960_crowds_tony-campolo-and-i-both-speak-a-lot-and_1765777.jpg" --- > [Tony Campolo and I both speak a lot, and we began to notice that there were some crowds of old folks that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/tony-campolo-and-i-both-speak-a-lot-and-we-began-to-notice-that-there/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/shane-claiborne-960_crowds_tony-campolo-and-i-both-speak-a-lot-and_1765777.jpg) > [Whenever folks say radical Christianity is "a phase" of youth, I tell them they need to meet our 80-year-old nun or my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/whenever-folks-say-radical-christianity-is-a-phase-of-youth-i-tell/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/shane-claiborne-960_christianity_whenever-folks-say-radical-christianity_1115251.jpg) > [It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/it-is-a-beautiful-thing-when-folks-in-poverty-are-no-longer-just-a/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/shane-claiborne-960_beautiful_it-is-a-beautiful-thing-when-folks-in-po_3236459.jpg) > [The monastic folks have the spirit of being in the world but not of the world, sort of peculiar people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/the-monastic-folks-have-the-spirit-of-being-in-the-world-but-not-of/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/shane-claiborne-960_desert_the-monastic-folks-have-the-spirit-of-be_2794041.png) > [We have been mentored from the very beginning by Catholic folks who are invigorating the best of the monastic spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-have-been-mentored-from-the-very-beginning-by-catholic-folks-who/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/shane-claiborne-960_catholic_we-have-been-mentored-from-the-very-begi_2231020.png) > [ I think they \[ monastic folks \] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-think-they-monastic-folks-were-going-to-the-desert-to-build-a-new/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/shane-claiborne-960_be-good_i-think-they-monastic-folks-were-going-t_1495088.png) > [There are folks who burn the Koran and hold signs saying, "God hates fags" and all sorts of sick things - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-are-folks-who-burn-the-koran-and-hold-signs-saying-god-hates/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/shane-claiborne-960_christ_there-are-folks-who-burn-the-koran-and-h_2464022.jpg) > [I think we've misinterpreted some of the scriptures to justify the death penalty. So whereas a lot of folks in America feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-think-we-ve-misinterpreted-some-of-the-scriptures-to-justify-the/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/shane-claiborne-960_abolish_i-think-we-ve-misinterpreted-some-of-the_3140336.png) > [Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/sometimes-people-call-folks-here-at-the-simple-way-saints-usually/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/shane-claiborne-960_black_sometimes-people-call-folks-here-at-the_1000099.jpg) > [When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/when-i-think-of-some-of-the-great-renewals-in-the-church-i-think-of/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/shane-claiborne-960_affected_when-i-think-of-some-of-the-great-renewa_2847955.png) > [This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/this-is-what-jesus-had-in-mind-folks-coming-together-forming-close/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/shane-claiborne-960_coming-together_this-is-what-jesus-had-in-mind-folks-com_3079316.png) > [When we really began executions rather than lynchings, black folks were 22% of our population in 1950, for instance, but they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/when-we-really-began-executions-rather-than-lynchings-black-folks/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/shane-claiborne-960_african-american_when-we-really-began-executions-rather-t_675128.jpg) > [Governments can do lots of things, but there are a lot of things they cannot do. A government can provide good housing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/governments-can-do-lots-of-things-but-there-are-a-lot-of-things-they/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/shane-claiborne-960_alive_governments-can-do-lots-of-things-but-th_1423272.jpg) > [I always tell our community that we should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. It's certainly never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-always-tell-our-community-that-we-should-attract-the-people-jesus/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/shane-claiborne-960_broken_i-always-tell-our-community-that-we-shou_1332510.png) ## Other authors on Folks ## More by Shane Claiborne > [“we can live without sex, but we cant live without love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-can-live-without-sex-but-we-cant-live-without-love/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-re-not-church-planters-we-are-community-planters-and-as-we-work-in/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-are-some-called-death-fatigue-people-who-just-grow-so-tired-of/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/every-70-year-old-needs-a-young-person-in-their-lives-to-mentor-and/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [I just have a more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-just-have-a-more-holistic-sense-of-what-it-means-to-be-for-life/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/it-s-not-that-hard-to-say-slavery-is-wrong-after-we-ve-abolished-it/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-think-of-justice-sometimes-as-getting-what-you-deserve-you-know/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/mother-theresa-said-it-is-not-how-much-we-give-that-is-important-but/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/no-one-has-seen-god-but-as-we-love-one-another-god-lives-in-us/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [“If you find yourself climbing the ladder of success, be careful or else on your way up you might pass Jesus on his way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/if-you-find-yourself-climbing-the-ladder-of-success-be-careful-or/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-need-good-laws-but-no-law-can-change-a-human-heart-only-god-can-do/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family praying together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-re-remembering-each-other-s-heroes-too-we-are-learning-each-other/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-is-a-certain-power-when-old-and-young-come-together-we-can-do/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/you-can-t-really-learn-god-s-hope-like-you-learn-the-logic-of-an/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [“Clarence Jordan, co-founder of Koinonia Farm, wrote, “The Good News of the resurrection is not that we shall die and go home with him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/clarence-jordan-co-founder-of-koinonia-farm-wrote-the-good-news-of/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folks/shane-claiborne/#itemlist", "name": "14 Folks Quotes By Shane Claiborne", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tony Campolo and I both speak a lot, and we began to notice that there were some crowds of old folks that desperately needed some youthful 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