A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel.
John RuskinTag: psychology self-importance introspection self-involvement
To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty
John RuskinThere is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey.
John RuskinTag: quality
No changing of place at a hundred miles an hour will make us one whit stronger, or happier, or wiser. There was always more in the world than man could see, walked they ever so slowly; they will see it no better for going fast. The really precious things are thought and sight, not pace. It does a bullet no good to go fast; and a man, if he be truly a man, no harm to go slow; for his glory is not at all in going, but in being.
John RuskinTag: travel
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared to what we spend on our horses?
John RuskinThe greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one.
John RuskinWhen love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
John RuskinEvery increased possession loads us with new weariness.
John RuskinTag: materialism
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless.
John RuskinTag: inspirational beauty
Saya yakin ujian pertama bagi orang besar adalah kerendahan hati.
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