The greatest reward is not what we receive for our labor, but what we become by it. John Ruskin View this quote
Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends. John Ruskin
John Ruskin
Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches. John Ruskin
Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer. John Ruskin
The best work never was and never will be done for money. John Ruskin
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. John Ruskin
The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression. John Ruskin
The last act crowns the play. John Ruskin
The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city’s greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares. John Ruskin
The more I think of it, the more I find this conclusion 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. John Ruskin
The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty. John Ruskin
English writer and art critic
February 8th, 1819 - January 20th, 1900
