From Theosophy's Sacred Teachings: Gems from the East: A Birthday Book of Precepts and Axioms (October - December), Part 2 of 2

NOVEMBER. “Learning clears the mind, and ignorance cobwebs it. Whoso takes good advice is secure from falling; but whoso rejects it, falls into the pit of his own conceit.” DECEMBER. “Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.” “The most precious gift received by man on Earth is desire for wisdom. …Do not let accidents disturb, or outward objects engross your thoughts; but keep your mind quiet and disengaged, to be ready to learn something good.”