John Ruskin
View AuthorA good book is not only written to multiply and transmit the voice, but also to perpetuate it.
John Ruskin
View AuthorAll books can be divided into two classes: books of the moment and books for all time.
John Ruskin
View AuthorWhenever human faculties reach their fullness, they are necessarily expressed through art.
John Ruskin
View AuthorFrom rivalry, nothing beautiful can arise; and from pride, nothing noble.
John Ruskin
View AuthorThe beauty of the fruit is in proportion to the time that elapses between the seed and the harvest.
John Ruskin
View AuthorThere is no wealth but life.
John Ruskin
View AuthorTo banish imperfection is to destroy expression, oppose effort, and paralyze vitality.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorLacking some of the things one desires is a necessary condition for happiness.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorTo fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already half dead.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe history of the world is the sum of what could have been avoidable.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe wise use of leisure is a product of civilization and education.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.