Rudyard Kipling Quotes

I’ve a head like a concertina, I’ve a tongue like a buttonstick, I’ve a mouth like an old potato, and I’m more than a little sick, But I’ve had my fun o’ the Corp’ral’s Guard; I’ve made the cinders fly, And I’m here in the Clink for a thundering drink and blacking the Corporal’s eye.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master; If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim… Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son!

When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.’

Politics are not my concern… they impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.

There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will […]

We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by the cart; But the Devil whoops, as he whooped of old: “It’s clever, but is it Art?”

It is His Disciple Who shall tell us how Much the Master would have scrapped Had he lived till now – What he would have modified Of what he said before. It is His Disciple Shall do this and more.

East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Note here. When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.