The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever is right in them will become; and no error is so conclusively fatal as the idea that God will not allow us to err, though He has allowed all other men to do so.


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)

John Ruskin Quotes

The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever is right in...

The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever is right in...

The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever is right in...

The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever is right in...