Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.

Quote by John Ruskin

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Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

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.

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

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

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

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

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

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

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

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

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

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is...

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is...

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color...

Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color...

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...

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

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

The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him,...

The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him,...

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

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

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...

God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he...

God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he...

There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves.

There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

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...

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

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