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“There is no you or me or them. Everything is connected and the salvation of each of us is linked to the salvation of all of us.”

“I had been living too much alone, too much aloof from my fellows, and too deaf to that voice within.”

“Humility is a personal achievement, it cannot be given away. It comes in glimmers and grows like an ice crystal. It is fragile, too, thus requiring constant care and protection.”

“AA may or may not get me to heaven, but it surely got me out of hell.”

“I’m usually about eighty percent of the problem – well, maybe sixty percent, but the major part, you can bet on that. If I can leave out the largest percent (me), there is hardly any problem at all!”

“The experience of reality does not have to be postponed.”

“It's a wonderful feeling to know that you don't have to be a god or a goddess, a saint or a genius, to lead a reasonably happy, sober, healthy, communicative, constructive, and useful life -- with some laughter thrown in for good measure.”

“We have to grow or else deteriorate. For us, the ‘status quo’ can only be for today, never for tomorrow. Change we must; we cannot stand still.”

“Humility is the soil in which all other virtues grow.”

“It is impossible to know everyone, but if I try to relate myself with just one other person, something will happen, something remarkable.”

“Don’t regret growing old, it’s a privilege denied to many.”

“If we are to find spiritual growth and serenity, we must dress our minds each morning as carefully as we dress our bodies. Only then can today become the glorious tomorrow we looked forward to yesterday.”

“Work on Step Nine has freed me from fears about the past and given me more energy to devote to present-day living – this twenty-four hours.”

“Are you finally ready to let go and live your destiny?”

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”