Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel.

Quote by John Ruskin

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He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The...

Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

The future is always beginning now.

The future is always beginning now.

We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those...

We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.