Do what you will, only do something.

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness.

— John Lubbock

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.

— John Lubbock

This is a great way to become more conscious. Your intention and motives are fundamental to the results you will receive. Set high intentions…

— John Lubbock

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will…

— John Lubbock

“Our great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning–the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory…

— John Lubbock

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.

— John Lubbock

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.

— John Lubbock

“In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is…

— John Lubbock

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

— John Lubbock

Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

— John Lubbock

Many a blessing has been recognized too late.

— John Lubbock

Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if…

— John Lubbock

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.

— John Lubbock

Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early…

— John Lubbock

Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they…

— John Lubbock