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

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

The good is the enemy of the best.

Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain

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

Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.

God is either everything, or He is nothing.