When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
BILL W.Apparently, the course of relative humility and progress will have to lie somewhere between these extremes. In our slow progress away from rebellion, true perfection is doubtless several millennia away
More Bill W. Quotes
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Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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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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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
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I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
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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.
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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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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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The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness and image of God.
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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 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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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