“To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.”

— John Ruskin, Time and Tide (1867)

About John Ruskin

1819 – 1900

English art critic and social thinker.

“Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality.”

“God has lent us the earth for our life; it is a great entail.”

“Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.”

“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”

“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.”

“It is time to take action so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education.”

“The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.”