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

Pain is the touchstone of all growth

The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

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

Nothing matters more to AA's future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used unselfishly and well, it can produce results surpassing our present imagination.

Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.

You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.