Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
BILL W.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.
More Bill W. Quotes
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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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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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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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me.
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
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If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life – the one that did not work – for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever.
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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.
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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
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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.
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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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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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