John Lubbock Quotes
There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.
A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind.
Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence.
The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance.
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.
We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.
When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing, however, is more conducive to healthful sleep than plenty of open air.
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.
A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.
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.
