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 LubbockWe often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
John LubbockArt trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
John LubbockOur great mistake in education is ... the worship of book-learning-the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind. ... We ought to follow exactly the opposite course with children-to give them a wholesome variety of mental food, and endeavour to cultivate their tastes, rather than to fill their minds with dry facts.
John Lubbock