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.

Quote by John Lubbock

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

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

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains...

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains...

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

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

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule...

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule...

The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or...

The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a...

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

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

In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is...

In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is...

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that...

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that...

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows,...

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows,...

There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist

There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule...

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule...

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

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

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day...

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

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

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows,...

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows,...

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten...

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten...

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.