Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our fathers house.
John RuskinOn the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong.
John RuskinIn great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.
John RuskinNature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable.
John Ruskin