When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I…

Quote by John Ruskin

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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...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

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

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

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

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

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

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it...

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on...

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on...

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

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

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

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.

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...

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

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;...

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

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...

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...