Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others. 

~ Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, TV host, actor, and writer (b. 26 Jan 1958)

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. 

~ Lord Byron, poet (22 Jan 1788-1824)

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue. 

~ Ethan Allen, revolutionary (21 Jan 1738-1789) 

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. That is possible for him who never argues and strives with men and facts, but in all experience retires upon himself, and looks for the ultimate cause of things in himself. 

~ Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobelist (14 Jan 1875-1965)

To move freely you must be deeply rooted. 

~ Bella Lewitsky, dancer (13 Jan 1916-2004) 

People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. 

~ Haruki Murakami, writer (b. 12 Jan 1949)

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. 

~ Joan Baez, musician (b. 9 Jan 1941) 

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion’. Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect. 

~ Salman Rushdie, writer (b. 1947)

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. 

~ Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960)

He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth. 

~ Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (6 Jan 1883-1931)

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. 

~ Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992) 

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. 

~ Ouida [pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramee], novelist (1839-1908) 

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. 

~ George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (1880-1959) 

In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice. 

~ Jerry Coyne, biology professor (b. 1949) 

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border. 

~ Pablo Casals, cellist, conductor, and composer (1876-1973) 

If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The same happens in the absence of prayers. 

~ Steve Allen, television host, musician, actor, comedian, and writer (1921-2000) 

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards.

~ G.K. Chesterton