--- title: "1 Outside God Quotes By Greg Boyle" description: "1 Outside God quotes by Greg Boyle. Plus more from Greg Boyle and more Outside God sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/greg-boyle-3692_arms_the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-som_2702056.png" --- > [The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-somehow-you-feel-yourself-just/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/greg-boyle-3692_arms_the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-som_2702056.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/outside-god/greg-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "1 Outside God Quotes By Greg Boyle", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-somehow-you-feel-yourself-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/greg-boyle-3692_arms_the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-som_2702056.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/greg-boyle-3692_arms_the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-som_2702056.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/greg-boyle-3692_arms_the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-som_2702056.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips.” — Greg Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outside-god/greg-boyle/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outside-god/greg-boyle/", "name": "Outside God Quotes by Greg Boyle", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outside-god/greg-boyle/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/greg-boyle-3692_arms_the-arms-of-god-reach-to-embrace-and-som_2702056.png" }, "description": "1 Outside God quotes by Greg Boyle. 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