"Pain is the touchstone of all growth" — Bill W.

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34 Quotes by Bill W.

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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though…
We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we…
The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others…
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When…
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a…
Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is…
Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it…
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependence upon another human being. This often amounts to the…
Nothing matters more to AA's future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used…

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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle

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