I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. – John Ruskin
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. – John Ruskin
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame. – John Ruskin
Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. – John Ruskin
It is only a mans own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone elses meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. – Arthur Schopenhauer