The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should have the opportunity of teaching itself. What does it matter if the pupil know a little more or a little less? A… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted or thrown away. — 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
