Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No girl who is well bred, 'kind, and modest, is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want of manners, or of… — 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
You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a… — 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
