John Lubbock

John Lubbock

"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."
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"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
"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin."
John Lubbock
"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven."
John Lubbock
"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
"A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work."
John Lubbock
"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
"To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness."
John Lubbock
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."
John Lubbock
"A cheerful friend is like a sunny day which sheds its brightness on all around."
John Lubbock
"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."
John Lubbock The Pleasures of Life
"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 The Use Of Life
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for"
John Lubbock
"All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind."
John Lubbock
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