That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It ought to be quite as natural and straightforward a matter for a labourer to take his pension from his parish, because… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is not only the cause of crime, but it is crime; and if any encourage drunkenness for the sake of the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“It is evident that the chief feeling induced by woody country is one of reverence for its antiquity. There is a quiet… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“You may trust to the truth of my sympathy; but you must remember that I am engaged in the investigation of enormous religious and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
