All John Ruskin Quotes
- Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared… All
- One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it… Accepted
- They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change. Change
- Greater completion marks the progress of art, absolute completion usually its decline. Absolute
- I had no companions to quarrel with, nobody to assist, and nobody to thank... the evil consequence of all this was not, however, what might… Affection
- What right have you to take the word wealth, which originally meant well-being, and degrade and narrow it by confining it to certain sorts of… Certain
- What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty… Desired
- All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. All
- When we build, let us think that we build for ever. Build
- An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind. Kind
- To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. All
- He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue Fear
- The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right thing, but to enjoy right things; not merely industrious, but… Education
- I am an atheist, thank God! Atheist
- God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he heareth, and I am his sight by which he seeth,… Beloved
- That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first infirmity of weak ones Applause
- Reverence is the chief joy and power of life - reverence for that which is pure and bright in youth; for what is true and… Age
- Noone can do me any good by loving me, I have more love than I need or could do any good with, but people do… Any
- What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do. Actions
- Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. Me
- Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar.… Agony
- Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal Animal
- The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. Becomes
- The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others Happiest
- The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him, and which worthily used, will be a gift to his… Among