For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W.

The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.

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.

Through failure we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed painful though it is.

Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.

Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped. In that case we are asking God to do it our way.

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.