17 quotes
"A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work."
- John Lubbock
Awareness
"Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems to be trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has."
- John Lubbock
Awareness
"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
Balance
"Rest is not idleness... and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day... is by no means a waste of time."
- John Lubbock
Balance
"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin."
- John Lubbock
Happiness
"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of heaven."
- John Lubbock
Inspiration
"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
Motivation
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we can ever learn from books."
- John Lubbock
Learning
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than what we could learn from books."
- John Lubbock
Learning
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more that what we could learn from books."
- John Lubbock
Learning
""Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than what we could learn from books.""
- John Lubbock
Learning
"Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has."
- John Lubbock
Insight
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."
- John Lubbock
Contentment
"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
Contentment
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time."
- John Lubbock
Contentment
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
- John Lubbock
Self-care
"Weekends are the oasis in the desert of our busy lives."
- John Lubbock
Peace