The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. John Ruskin conditioneducationmeaningful Change image and share on social
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. John Ruskin bookclassdivide Change image and share on social
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. John Ruskin agedoubthand Change image and share on social
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin accidenteffortintelligent Change image and share on social
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. John Ruskin fishfreegreat Change image and share on social
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. John Ruskin increaseloadpossession Change image and share on social
Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. John Ruskin giftgoodgreat Change image and share on social
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. John Ruskin abilitycompensatecultivation Change image and share on social
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. John Ruskin architecturebeautifuldead share on social