Science is the knowledge of constant things, not merely of passing events, and is properly less the knowledge of general laws than of existing facts.
John RuskinIt does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls.
John RuskinI believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
John Ruskin