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> [“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. Two: It's more important that they know you than that they know what you know.”](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/)

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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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