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
Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy, and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If you do not wish for His kingdom do not pray for it. But if you do you must do more than… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Which of us?is to do the hard and dirty work for the restand for what pay? Who is to do the pleasant… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends… — 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
