I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things —… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I cannot but think it an evil sign of a people when their houses are built to last for one generation only. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
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
There's no music in rest, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser...and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people, in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If some people really see angels where others see only empty space, let them paint the angels: only let not anybody else… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All real and wholesome enjoyments possible to people have been just as possible to them since first they were made of the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. I find this more… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in 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
