To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
“I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
