AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.

We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.

Pain is the touchstone of all growth

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.

Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.