The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things — not merely industrious, but to love industry — not merely learned, but to love knowledge — not merely pure, but to love purity — not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.


The Works of John Ruskin: Sesame and lilies. The ethics of the dust. The crown of Wild Olive. The queen of the air (ed. 1887)


The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things — not merely industrious, but to...

The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things — not merely industrious, but to...

The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things — not merely industrious, but to...

The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things — not merely industrious, but to...