Bill W. Quotes - Page 2

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

The good is the enemy of the best.

More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor

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.

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

God is either everything, or He is nothing.

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.

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

The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

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

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.

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.

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.

Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.