John Ruskin

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.