Famous Quotes by John Ruskin

Below are famous quotes by John Ruskin - English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 - 1900).

...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.

Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one.

There is no wealth but life.

This is the true nature of home -- it is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division.

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.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself.

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