Father Gregory "Greg" Joseph Boyle (born May 19, 1954 ) is an American Jesuit priest. He is the founder and Director of Homeboy Industries and former pastor of Dolores Mission Church. Read full biography of Greg Boyle →
You are exactly what God had in mind when he made you.
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 you walked... →
You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly... →
All politics are local, and so in church.
God can get tiny if we're not careful.
I feel called to be faithful.
I think not everything that works helps, and not everything that helps works.
I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive.
I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it.
I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's.
I'm not opposed to success.
People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense.
The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips.