Rudyard Kipling - Words are, of course, the most powerful...
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
If you have read The Jungle Book or watched its movies, then this list of 170 Rudyard Kipling quotes suits you best.
“These are the four that are never content—that have never been filled since the dew began—Jacala’s mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of man.”
One of his most controversial poems, The White Man’s Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands (1899), encourages the Americans to take control of the Philippines and its people during the war . This was added proof of his sensational skills in delivering remarkable stories.
102. “And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the devil whispered behind the leaves , ‘It’s pretty, but is it art?’”