Psychology Quotes by John Ruskin

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel

— John Ruskin

Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.

— John Ruskin

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first infirmity of weak ones

— John Ruskin

Hope- the recognition, by true foresight, of better things to be reached here after.

— John Ruskin

“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.”

— John Ruskin

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

— John Ruskin

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up…

— John Ruskin

The true grotesque being the expression of the repose or play of a serious mind, there is a false grotesque opposed to…

— John Ruskin

Anything which elevates the mind is sublime. Greatness of matter, space, power, virtue or beauty, are all sublime.

— John Ruskin

Greatness is the aggregation of minuteness; nor can its sublimity be felt truthfully by any mind unaccustomed to the affectionate watching of…

— John Ruskin

The Divine mind is as visible in its full energy of operation on every lowly bank and mouldering stone as in the…

— John Ruskin

Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer.

— John Ruskin

In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet,…

— John Ruskin

A gentleman's first characteristic is that fineness of structure in the body which renders it capable of the most delicate sensation; and…

— John Ruskin

Wherever the human mind is healthy and vigorous in all its proportions, great in imagination and emotion no less than in intellect,…

— John Ruskin

It is strange that of all the pieces of the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me the most…

— John Ruskin

A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to…

— John Ruskin

It is perhaps the principal admirableness of the Gothic schools of architecture, that they receive the results of the labour of inferior…

— John Ruskin

To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind…

— John Ruskin

Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of…

— John Ruskin