We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding. Rudyard Kipling More Quotes by Rudyard Kipling More Quotes From Rudyard Kipling Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story. Rudyard Kipling stories fiction world I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chains - I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs. I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugar cane; I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs. I will go out until the day, until the morning break - Out to the wind's untainted kiss, the water's clean caress; I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket stake. I will revisit my lost love and playmates masterless! Rudyard Kipling lost-love kissing morning There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in her blindest devotion does not fall into the gait of the man she adores, tilt her bonnet to the angle at which he wears his hat, or interlard her speech with his pet oaths. Rudyard Kipling pet men fall Yet there be certain times in a young man’s life, when, through great sorrow or sin, all the boy in him is burnt and seared away so that he passes at one step to the more sorrowful state of manhood Rudyard Kipling sorrow men boys We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a surplice peg, We have learned to bottle our parents twain in the yelk of an addled egg. 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? Rudyard Kipling horse dog art When young lips have drunk deep of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair, all the love in the world will not wholly take away that knowledge. Though it may turn darkened eyes for a while to the light, and teach faith where no faith was. Rudyard Kipling hate light eye If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise. Rudyard Kipling hate wise lying Your new-caught, sullen peoples, / Half-devil and half child. Rudyard Kipling devil half children Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through From all I was What may the God not do? Rudyard Kipling body soul men If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim. Rudyard Kipling thoughts-in-your-head aim thinking OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! Rudyard Kipling strong sky men They will come back, come back again, As long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think he would squander souls? Rudyard Kipling tree long thinking There aren't twelve-hundred people in the world who understand pictures. The others pretend and don't care. Rudyard Kipling twelve understanding people And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane. Rudyard Kipling again-and-again paid agreement Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn't even begin to be tame till he met the Woman, and she told him that she did not like living in his wild ways. She picked out a nice dry Cave, instead of a heap of wet leaves, to lie down in; and she strewed clean sand on the floor; and she lit a nice fire of wood at the back of the Cave; and she hung a dried wild-horse skin, tail down, across the opening of the Cave; and she said, 'Wipe your feet, dear, when you come in, and now we'll keep house. Rudyard Kipling horse nice lying As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race... and the hearts of the meanest were humbled. Rudyard Kipling race age heart One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. Rudyard Kipling individual book people Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm. Rudyard Kipling self-harm ears way Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice. Rudyard Kipling sacrifice humble children Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can; But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill Man! Rudyard Kipling may men needs
