Quote April 27, 2015
“Inside of every human being there is a healing power. I had cut my finger and it had gotten well; I’d broken a bone and it had gotten well ... How come? That to me, in its simplest form, is a concept of a power greater than I am.”
Calif., October 1995 “An Interview with the Author of ‘Physician, Heal Thyself!’” The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 3
Quote April 28, 2015
“The wisdom of AA is so deep that it confines its own part in our personal recovery to nothing more than suggestion. AA leaves it entirely up to you and to me to decide, not only whether to use this program, but also how to use it.”
Newhall, Calif.June 1975 “Simple Truths in an Intellectual Age,” Beginners’ Book
Quote April 29, 2015
“I think we simply fail to recognize miracles for what they are. Sobriety -- one-day-at-a-time -- is truly a miracle.”
Prineville, Ore., February 2004 “Miracles: Yours and Mine,” Beginners’ Book
Quote April 30, 2015
“Peace and enlightenment come when you stop evaluating in terms of good or bad and merely accept all of life as it is and try to learn from it.”
El Granada, Calif., March 1989 “A Program of Action,” The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 3