John Ruskin

I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all tempting and wanting to be worked out.

John Ruskin

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

John Ruskin

I cannot but think it an evil sign of a people when their houses are built to last for one generation only.

John Ruskin

I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.

John Ruskin

I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life, and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.

John Ruskin

If there be any one principle more widely than another confessed by every utterance, or more sternly than another imprinted on every atom of the visible creation, that principle is not liberty, but law.

John Ruskin

If you do not wish for His kingdom do not pray for it. But if you do you must do more than pray for it, you must work for it.

John Ruskin

Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them.

John Ruskin

Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life.

John Ruskin

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.

John Ruskin