People are always expecting to get peace in heaven: but you know whatever peace they get there will be ready-made. Whatever making… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Science is the knowledge of constant things, not merely of passing events, and is properly less the knowledge of general laws than… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
That man is always happy who is in the presence of something which he cannot know to the full, which he is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A man is known to his dog by the smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his friend by the smile;… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know of life. It is the sign of life in a mortal… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I wish they would use English instead of Greek words. When I want to know why a leaf is green, they tell… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is not possible to find a landscape, which if painted precisely as it is, will not make an impressive picture. No… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is no music in a “rest” that I know of, but there's the making of music in it. And people are… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is only the basest writer who cannot speak of the sea without talking of "raging waves," "remorseless floods," "ravenous billows," etc.;… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I know few Christians so convinced of the splendor of the rooms in their Father's house, as to be happier when their… — 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
