Quote by 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.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mount

Summary

This quote suggests that the natural world has the power to be a profound teacher, surpassing what can be learned from books. It implies that by observing and immersing ourselves in the beauty and wonder of Earth's elements - such as the skies, woods, fields, lakes, rivers, mountains, and seas - we can gain valuable insights and knowledge that go beyond the realms of written information. Nature is seen as a schoolmaster, offering lessons and wisdom that are unique and incomparable to the lessons found within the pages of books.

Topics

Nature

By John Lubbock

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice

There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.

Difficulty

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise tha

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

Men

So you interrupted my date to make fun of me for still livin

So you interrupted my date to make fun of me for still living with my parents. Couldn't you have done that on a night I didn't have a date? That's most nights, in case you're curious.

Cassandra Clare

Simon Lewis

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.

Birthday

Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your

Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

Zora Neale Hurston

Love

When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.

When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.

Life Humor Funny Calvin And Hobbes Lemons

I've always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you'll

I've always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you'll attract a king.

The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human i

The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored in all cultures and by every religious faith. It's in this institution that children are meant to be nurtured. We know this after thousands of years of human experience.

Faith

Religion will not regain its old power until it can face cha

Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science. Its principles may be eternal, but the expression of those principles requires continual development.

Alfred North Whitehead

Power Change Religion Science Principles

And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't pla

And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing our strings cross and separate and then come back together.

John Green Paper Towns

I know I have to be like people expect, because people love

I know I have to be like people expect, because people love to dream with me, they like to think that I love my boat of 50 metres, that I drink Cristal for breakfast, that I dance until five o'clock in the morning. I am not like that.

Roberto Cavalli

Morning