Maria

“Success and failure, ultimately, have little to do with living the gospel. Jesus just stood with the outcasts until they were welcomed or until he was crucified — whichever came first.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive—nor will we deserve to.”
― Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings

“If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion