Men say their pinnacles point to heaven. Why, so does every tree that buds, and every bird that rises as it sings. Men say their aisles are good for worship. Why, so is every mountain glen and rough sea-shore. But this they have of distinct and indisputable glory,--that their mighty walls were never raised, and never shall be, but by men who love and aid each other in their weakness.
John RuskinThe greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.
John RuskinOne of the worst diseases to which the human creature is liable is its disease of thinking.
John Ruskin