Greg Boyle Quotes & Sayings

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

“In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma.”

“Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one.”

“There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us.”

“Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump gang, and that's what happens at Homeboy Industries.”

“You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.”

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

“You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done.”

“People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem.”

“God seems to be an unwilling participant in our efforts to pigeonhole Him.”