All JOHN RUSKIN Quotes about “Literature”

“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.”
“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.”
“It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.”
“Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.”
“It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.”
“Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.”
“The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.”
“Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.”
“It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.”
“All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.”
“Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.”

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