We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure. 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-gomotivationalhappiness 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 dependsthis-worldworld What we see depends mainly on what we look for. John Lubbock attitudebeing-happyinspirational 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 passioneverydaybattle Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. John Lubbock beautifulbeautyromantic 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 educationmemorieschildren 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 summersuccessinspirational Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. John Lubbock violinlife-and-lovehappiness 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 educationappreciationteacher Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose. John Lubbock blessing-youblessingtrying However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look very different in the morning. John Lubbock differentmorninglooks 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 thoughtfulsympathylove 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 silentheavypleasure 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 hateeducationchildren 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 flowerspringsong 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 natureeducationteacher The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. John Lubbock lazy-mandoemen 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 takenseafirsts 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 anxietyworrypeople A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. John Lubbock good-friendmen
