The fact of our deriving constant pleasure from whatever is a type or semblance of divine attributes, and from nothing but that which is so, is the most glorious of all that can be demonstrated of human nature; it not only sets a great gulf of specific separation between us and the lower animals, but it seems a promise of a communion ultimately deep, close, and conscious, with the Being whose darkened manifestations we here feebly and unthinkingly delight in.
John RuskinPleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.
John RuskinGovernment and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.
John Ruskin