79 result(s) for John Ruskin Quotes.
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what they saw in a plain way."
"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."
"Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God, and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul."
"The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it."
"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty."
"The more I think of it, the more I find this conclusion more impressed upon me — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way."
"Life without industry is guilt; industry without art is brutality."
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"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."
"The highest and first law of nature is self-preservation."
"It's better to lose your pride to the one you love than to lose the one you love because of pride."
"The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it."
"Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave."
"The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery."
"All architecture proposes an effect on the human mind, not merely a service to the human frame."
"No changing of place at a hundred miles an hour will make us one whit stronger, or happier, or wiser."
"In reality, manufacturing is a better test of genius than art."
"The greatest thing a human soul does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way."
"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect, and passion in their operation."
"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."
"We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it, which is architecture."
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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it."
"It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately."
"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."
"Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close."
"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money... that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do."
"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get by it, but what they become by it."
"Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you who you are."
"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 to love industry; not merely learned, but to love knowledge."
"An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him in the country gardens to live, eat what grows for him. Walk over the hills and drink the mountain streams. Live with the tides, not with the clocks."
"The more I think of it, the more I find this conclusion more impressed upon me—that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way."
"In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes."
"The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived."
"Sunshine is delicious; rain is refreshing; wind braces us up; snow is exhilarating."
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"There is no wealth but life."
"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions."
"Ability is like a lamp, it does not exist if it stays hidden."
"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."
"When we build, let us think that we build forever."
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
"All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own."
"It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."
"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do."
"I do not believe that anything can be more useful than a life of active self-contemplation."
"Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are."
"Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are."
"Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort."
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way."
"Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are."
"It is far more easy to be wise for others than to be so for oneself."
"It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride."
"The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them not merely industrious, but to love industry."
"No small art is it to sleep: it is necessary for that purpose to keep awake all day."
"The essence of lying is in deception, not in words."
"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most."
"When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the color-petals out of a fruitful flower."
"The more I think of it, the more I find this conclusion more impressed upon me - that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way."
"I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility."
"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort."
"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."
"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do."
"The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them."
"Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave."
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way."
"Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty."
"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."
"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery."
"The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be."
"To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality."
"The highest and first laws of the universe are the observance of decorum and the indulging of temperance."
"Put some love and enthusiasm into your daily duties. They will become gestures of mindfulness, your daily prayers."
"To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education."
"No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple."
"It is far more easy to be wise for others than for oneself."
"The greatest blessing in the whole world is being a blessing."
"I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility."
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