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

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

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.

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

No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it

The good is the enemy of the best.

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.