Quotes By John Ruskin

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.

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.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.