Quotes by : John Lubbock

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we....

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

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

What we see depends mainly on what we look for

All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things,....

What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop,....

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to....

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

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters,....

If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow....