The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. – John Ruskin
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. – John Ruskin

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. – John Ruskin
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. – John Ruskin
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. – John Ruskin
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. – John Ruskin
And now it has risen above the massive and lofty tree, and throws its pleasant shadow down upon the earth—pleasant shadow that paces along the meadows, leaving behind a greater brilliancy on tree, and grass, and hedge, and flower than what, for a moment, it had eclipsed. – William Smith, Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil, 1862