Quotes from John Lubbock

We often hear of bad weather, but in reality, no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating. As Ruskin says, "There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

The important is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

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.

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account.

Rest is by no means a waste of time.

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.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

A cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around.

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

Do not be afraid of showing your 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.