Author: Greg Boyle

Quotes

The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption.

The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption.

- Greg Boyle

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

- Greg Boyle

Even gang members imagine a future that doesn't include gangs.

Even gang members imagine a future that doesn't include gangs.

- Greg Boyle

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.

- Greg Boyle

The highest hallmark of a civilized society is not the rapidity by which it exacts vengeance, but its ability to hold victim and victimizer in its compassionate heart.

The highest hallmark of a civilized society is not the rapidity by which it exacts vengeance, but its ability to hold victim and victimizer in its compassionate heart.

- Greg Boyle

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

- Greg Boyle

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.

- Greg Boyle

As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized.

As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized.

- Greg Boyle

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