The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.

Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.

We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience.

Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.

AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.

Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.

Be pure, live a conscientious life, defend your dignity and be loving to others.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re with.

I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.

It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.

I wish to explore the beauty of everyday environments; in troubled times it is especially important to be aware of beauty and wonder.

We work for that part of our vision which is uncompleted.

I'm a compulsive sneaker collector, mostly limited edition.

To live in the present moment is a miracle.

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.