734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

If you can dream and not make dreams your master

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!

To hear is one thing, to know is another.

Holden went to his bungalow and began to understand that he was not alone in the world, and also that he was afraid for the sake of another, -- which is the most soul-satisfying fear known to man.

Barbarians are all alike... sit up half the night to discuss anything a Roman says.

Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

The world is very lovely, and it's very horrible--and it doesn't care about your life or mine or anything else.

What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?