Quotes by John Ruskin
Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.
It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.
Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel.
