December 25

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

December 26

I gotta keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?

December 27

A man on a thousand-mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, "Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep."

December 28

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.

December 29

Some small spirits, ashamed of their origin, are always striving to conceal it, and by the very efforts they make to do so, betray themselves.

December 30

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

December 31

It's been quite a journey this year, full of surprises and unexpected events. Let's leave the past behind and move on.

January 1

A New Year is like a blank book, and the pen is in your hands. Go write yourself a beautiful story.

January 2

There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

January 3

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

January 4

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

January 5

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

January 6

Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

January 7

If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.

January 8

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

January 9

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

January 10

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

January 11

To be beautiful and to be calm, without mental fear, is the ideal of Nature.

January 12

While the blanket is short, learn how to bend.

January 13

The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing – desire.

January 14

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

January 15

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

January 16

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

January 17

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.

January 18

What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

January 19

Time held me green and dying. Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

January 20

A man is useless who sits and thinks of what he cannot have.

January 21

Winter is the trial of the soul, a test of man's endurance.

January 22

The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek out ways to make life better for those around us.

January 23

He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.