“Slips are not the fault of A.A. I have heard patients complain, when brought in for another drying out, that A.A. failed them. The truth, of course, is that they failed A.A.
But this mental maneuvering to transfer the blame is obviously another indication of fallacious thinking. It is another symptom of the disease.”

– Dr. Silkworth, 1945

"To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but in doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is not truly ours."

- M. Scott Peck, M.D.

"You may have habits that weaken you.
The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

- SOCRATES

"When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied."

-Pierre Corneille,
Le Cid

"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."

- Fran Lebowitz

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

- Dr. Seuss

"A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person."

- Dave Barry