Wherever men are noble, they love bright colour; and wherever they can live healthily, bright colour is given them—in sky, sea, flowers,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To cultivate sympathy you must be among living creatures, and thinking about them; and to cultivate admiration, you must be among beautiful… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Give an earnest-hearted, devoted girl any true work that will make her active in the dawn, and weary at night, with the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God shows us in Himself, strange as it may seem, not only authoritative perfection, but even the perfection of obedience--an obedience to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is in every animal's eye a dim image and gleam of humanity, a flash of strange light through which their life… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God is a kind Father. He sets us all in the places where he wishes us to be employed. He chooses work… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
One of the worst diseases to which the human creature is liable is its disease of thinking. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is no solemnity so deep, to a right-thinking creature, as that of dawn. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
And thus, in full, there are four classes: the men who feel nothing, and therefore see truly; the men who feel strongly,… — 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
