“Paradise is not a place that awaits our arrival but a present we arrive at.” — Gregory Boyle Copy Share Image
“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.… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“[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… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.” — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“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… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“This was to be their place- outside of communion- forever. Maybe we call this the opposite of God.” — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“This way will not pass again, and so there is a duty to be mindful of that which delights and keeps joy at the… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“No daylight to separate us. Only kinship. Inching ourselves closer to creating a community of kinship such that God might recognize it. Soon we… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“The God, who is greater than God, has only one thing on Her mind, and that is to drop, endlessly, rose petals on our… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“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… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“Kinship– not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not “a man for others”; he was one with them. There… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“Paradise is not a place that awaits our arrival but a present we arrive at.” — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“Living the gospel, then, is less about “thinking outside the box” than about choosing to live in this ever-widening circle of inclusion.” — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“The principle suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace. It is a toxic shame -- a global sense of failure of the whole… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range.” — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
“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… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share
