770 Quotes by John Ruskin

All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong.

God gives us always strength enough, and sense enough, for everything He wants us to do.

Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men.

You may assuredly find perfect peace, if you are resolved to do that which your Lord has plainly required--and content that He should indeed require no more of you--than to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Him.

In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.

Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.

There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor: there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable - among both rich and poor.

Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book.

No nation can last which has made a mob of itself, however generous at heart.