We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources... there would be little wealth for anyone.
John RuskinSee that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.
John RuskinGreatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man.
John RuskinIt seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.
John RuskinThat admiration of the 'neat but not gaudy,' which is commonly reported to have influenced the devil when he painted his tail pea green.
John RuskinThe entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things โ not merely industrious, but to love industry โ not merely learned, but to love knowledge โ not merely pure, but to love purity โ not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.
John Ruskin