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“The world of truth is the world of what is. It is the room I sit in, the sleeping kitten, the job that must be done. It is here. It is now.”

“Emotional and instinctual satisfactions, I saw, were really the extra dividends of having love, offering love, and expressing love appropriate to each relation of life.”

“No matter what is going on in my life, no matter how bad things seem, I can always find something to be grateful for if I just look hard enough.”

“I’m not here to change Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholics Anonymous is here to change me.”

“If we follow our Traditions, we will survive and, I hope, grow. The Traditions tell us to serve—not govern; to attract—not promote; to carry the message—not force it on anyone; to keep the three legacies alive: recovery, unity, and service. These are our lifelines.”

“Last summer I visited the Akron cemetery where Bob and Anne lie. Their simple stone says never a word about Alcoholics Anonymous. This made me so glad I cried.”

“We are all important, but not for the reasons we think.”

“Sanity begins with the admission of reality into the mind.”

“I am trying to do what I can to love, today. Can anything else be more important?”

“The foundation stone of freedom from fear is that of faith: a faith that, despite all worldly appearances to the contrary, causes me to believe that I live in a universe that makes sense.”

“As faith grows, so does inner security.”

“Truth ... cut the shackles that once bound us to alcohol. It continues to release us from conflicts and miseries beyond reckoning; it banishes fear and isolation.”

“Facing ourselves ... is often more difficult than being honest with another person.”

 “Just how and when we tell the truth – or keep silent – can often reveal the difference between genuine integrity and none at all.”

“It is very difficult to steer a parked car and make much progress toward any destination ... In short, I had to be going somewhere before I could be guided.”