If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. I have much to learn from him or her, and in my hearts, I should thank that person.
BILL W.I am the creator of my own reality. When I [review my day], I know that I must stop judging others.
More Bill W. Quotes
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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.
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I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.
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We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.
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We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.
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When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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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.
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Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening.
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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
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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
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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.
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