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.
BILL W.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.
More Bill W. Quotes
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You are asking yourself, as all of us must: ‘Who am I?’ . . . ‘Where am I?’ . . . ‘Whence do I go?’ The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.
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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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Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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We know that if we rebel against doing that which is reasonably possible for us, then we will be penalized. And we will be equally penalized if we presume in ourselves a perfection that simply is not there.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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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
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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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For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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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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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.
BILL W.