New Year’s Eve is one of those rare moments during the year when regardless of religion, age or nationality, people around the world take a break from their busy lives to celebrate the startling fact they’ve made it another 365 days.

As you head into the new year, we hope these quotes from both spiritual and secular thinkers will help you reflect on 2015 and hope wildly for all that is to come in 2016.

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