banker, politician, philanthropist, scientist & polymath (1834-1913)
The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it.
JOHN LUBBOCK
Peace and Happiness
Men are more helped by sympathy than by service.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life
However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look very different in the morning.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.
JOHN LUBBOCK
Peace and Happiness
If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Pleasures of Life
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life
Many a blessing has been recognized too late.
JOHN LUBBOCK
attributed, Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages
True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest.
JOHN LUBBOCK
Peace and Happiness
Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose.
JOHN LUBBOCK
attributed, Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages
Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life
We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Pleasures of Life
Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life
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.
JOHN LUBBOCK
attributed, Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages
Our great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning -- the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Pleasures of Life
There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Pleasures of Life
Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances.
JOHN LUBBOCK
attributed, Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages
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
The Pleasures of Life
If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Pleasures of Life
If you have written a clever and conclusive but scathing letter, keep it back till the next day, and it will very often never go at all.
JOHN LUBBOCK
The Use of Life