If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish… — John Lubbock Doubt Copy Share Image
A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to have expressed her delight on seeing for the… — John Lubbock Delight Copy Share Image
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or… — John Lubbock Anxiety Copy Share Image
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. — John Lubbock Beautiful Copy Share Image
To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others. — John Lubbock Contribution Copy Share Image
“If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.” — John Lubbock Advice Copy Share Image
Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it. — John Lubbock Asks Copy Share Image
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not. — John Lubbock Believe Copy Share Image
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur… — John Lubbock Clouds Copy Share Image
A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind. — John Lubbock Business Copy Share Image
A Cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around. — John Lubbock Brightness Copy Share Image
Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account. — John Lubbock Accounts Copy Share Image
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own. — John Lubbock Happiness Copy Share Image
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it. — John Lubbock Character Copy Share Image
“To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire… — John Lubbock Inspiration 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 Art Copy Share Image
“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop,… — John Lubbock Artists Copy Share Image
We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some… — John Lubbock All kinds Copy Share Image
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us… — John Lubbock Earth Copy Share Image
Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner. — John Lubbock Arithmetic 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 Better Copy Share Image
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish… — John Lubbock Children Copy Share Image
A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid… — John Lubbock Compound interest Copy Share Image
