There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand. John Lubbock More Quotes by John Lubbock More Quotes From John Lubbock A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. John Lubbock letting-go motivational happiness In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for. John Lubbock depends this-world world What we see depends mainly on what we look for. John Lubbock attitude being-happy inspirational Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life. John Lubbock passion everyday battle Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. John Lubbock beautiful beauty romantic Our great mistake in education is ... the worship of book-learning-the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind. ... We ought to follow exactly the opposite course with children-to give them a wholesome variety of mental food, and endeavour to cultivate their tastes, rather than to fill their minds with dry facts. John Lubbock education memories children Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. John Lubbock summer success inspirational Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. John Lubbock violin life-and-love happiness The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock education appreciation teacher Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose. John Lubbock blessing-you blessing trying However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look very different in the morning. John Lubbock different morning looks Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present. John Lubbock thoughtful sympathy love A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest. John Lubbock silent heavy pleasure 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 boy who leaves school knowing much, but hating his lessons, will soon have forgotten all he ever learned; while another who had acquired a thirst for knowledge, even if he had learned little, would soon teach himself more than the first ever knew. John Lubbock hate education children Love seems to beautify and inspire all nature. It raises the earthly caterpillar into the ethereal butterfly, it paints the feathers in spring, it lights the glowworm's lamp, it wakens the song of birds, and inspires the poet's lay. Even inanimate Nature seems to feel the spell, and flowers glow with the richest colours. John Lubbock flower spring song Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. John Lubbock nature education teacher The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. John Lubbock lazy-man doe men A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to have expressed her delight on seeing for the first time something of which there was enough for everybody. John Lubbock taken sea firsts We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. John Lubbock anxiety worry people A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. John Lubbock good-friend men
