Greg Boyle Quotes

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.

Everyone has a past, but I try not to let that affect the way I see them; I want to get to know who they are today.

A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.

To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

We look at the world through our likes and dislikes, hopes and fears, opinions and judgments. We want everyone to behave as we think they should; otherwise we get agitated. But we are here to accept the world as it is, even as we work to make it better.

I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental.

I don't condemn and I don't convert. I've been searching through books and bibles to find what this life is worth, and I've made up my mind: Love is my religion. You can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it. Love is my religion

Judge not; speak hardly at all; love and act.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.

Mindfulness needs to not be judgmental to really be mindfulness, which means it needs a basis of loving kindness.

I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental, that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others. I have to fight against being discouraged, because I don't want to be connected with people who are so intolerant of much of mankind like that. God loves us all. He really does. And I want to walk in love with people.

Now, when you are aware, you see the whole process of your thinking and action, but it can happen only when there is no condemnation. That is. When I condemn something, I do not understand it.

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

We must take our friends as they are.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.