The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.
John RuskinGod intends no man to live in this world without working, but it seems to me no less evident that He intends every man to be happy in his work.
John RuskinAll really great pictures exhibit the general habits of nature, manifested in some peculiar, rare, and beautiful way.
John RuskinI will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life, and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.
John RuskinBut if, indeed, there be a nobler life in us than in these strangely moving atoms; if, indeed, there is an eternal difference between the fire which inhabits them, and that which animates us,--it must be shown, by each of us in his appointed place, not merely in the patience, but in the activity of our hope, not merely by our desire, but our labor, for the time when the dust of the generations of men shall be confirmed for foundations of the gates of the city of God.
John Ruskin