I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.

We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience.

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere.

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.

Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.