John Ruskin Quotes
That which is required in order to the attainment of accurate conclusions respecting the essence of the Beautiful is nothing morethan earnest, loving, and unselfish attention to our impressions of it.

Quotes to Explore
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The real world is far more hellish for all us than any fictional representation of it.
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Our job is not to ask that God respond to our notion of truth. Our job is to be true to Him, Hi-His word and His commandments, and we should assume humbly that we're confused and don't always know what we're doin' and we're staggerin' and stumblin' towards him and have some humility in that process.
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The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.
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To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.
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The whole aesthetics of computers very much feeds into my OCD. They fill my head with obsessionalities and my actions become very repetitive. It seems quite inimical to the dreamy state out of which fiction comes which seems so much less causally repetitive than the way one works on computers.
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This is not a problem. I'm making everybody very calm, distracted by my bad results and then I'm going to shoot. One good result and I'm coming back. This is a distraction, it's the calm before the storm.
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I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole.
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While you can say that the problem of the middle class in the rich countries is too much globalization, the problem of the people who are very poor is really that they are not included in globalization. For them, the success of their own countries at becoming part of this international division of labor would be good news.
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Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.
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What is new is not always true, and what is true is not always new.
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The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilĂ une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you're you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? Ah, voilĂ une chose!
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The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment.
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Finding that core of truth within yourself... That truth that knows and trusts that All Is Well, and that chooses Love... Is the greatest spiritual attainment you can ever make.
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To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.
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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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I am dedicated to my work, my voters and my family.
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That which is required in order to the attainment of accurate conclusions respecting the essence of the Beautiful is nothing morethan earnest, loving, and unselfish attention to our impressions of it.