Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness. — John Lubbock Clever 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… — John Lubbock Affinity Copy Share Image
There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand. — John Lubbock Believe 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… — John Lubbock Delight 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… — John Lubbock Art Copy Share Image
We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth. — John Lubbock Book 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… — John Lubbock Advice Copy Share Image
To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness. — John Lubbock Forfeit Copy Share Image
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. — John Lubbock Doe 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… — John Lubbock Book learning 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… — John Lubbock Be cautious Copy Share Image
This is a great way to become more conscious. Your intention and motives are fundamental to the results you will receive. Set… — John Lubbock Emotions Copy Share Image
Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind. — John Lubbock Body Copy Share Image
Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them,… — John Lubbock Enemy Copy Share Image
“A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.” — John Lubbock Education 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… — John Lubbock Time Copy Share Image
When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing,… — John Lubbock Air Copy Share Image
The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance. — John Lubbock Ignorance 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 Bird Copy Share Image
We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure. — John Lubbock Bags Copy Share Image
Cultivate all your faculties; you must either use them or lose them — John Lubbock Ability 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 Brighter Copy Share Image
