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.

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

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.

Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.

Absolute autonomy inevitably leads to tyranny.

I would hate to be immortal forever.

In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music.

It is not, Dear, because I am alone, For I am lonelier when the rest are near, But that my place against your heart has grown Too dear to dream of when you are not here.

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!

One of the biggest problems of our contemporary civilization is that there's been an interruption of transmission. People have no past in their present.

I carry the bars within me.

Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.

You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking.

I've always liked the fact that I could make people laugh at crazy stuff that has happened to me. If it makes you feel better at me falling down the stairs...then I'm going to do it.