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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To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what...

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what...

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil;...

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil;...

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

He has a chance to make somebody move over on Mount Rushmore. He's working for...

He has a chance to make somebody move over on Mount Rushmore. He's working for...