Friday, September 9, 2011

Rudyard Kipling

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind"

Rudyard Kipling


WHO: Rudyard Kipling was a British writer born in 1865. Probably best known for his book The Jungle book. He was awarded with the Nobel Price in literature in 1907. He died at the age of 70 in 1936.

WHERE: This quote comes from A Book Of Word. This book contains a selection of his speeches.

WHEN: Rudyard Kipling said this in 1928.

1 comment:

Tyr said...

This quote reminds of something Marx said "Religion is the opium of the people"... and how is religion maintained and spread?... by words...