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.

Stephen King

"Good books don't give up all their secrets at once"

Stephen King

WHO: Stephen King is an american author of horror fiction, born in 1947. The 8th of November of 2011 his latest novel, 11/22/63, will be published.

WHERE:  This quote comes from the book Hearts in Atlantis. This book is a collection of five stories about '60s kids.

WHEN: He wrote Hearts in Atlantis in 1999, same year that Stephen King was severely injured in a car accident that left him in critical condition. 


Related movie: Hearts in Atlantis
Related Author: H.P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice

Aristotle

"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy"

Aristotle

WHO: Aristotle  (384-322 B.C.E.) is the famed Greek philosopher, scientist, and educator born in Macedonia. He became an adept student at Plato’s Academy, where Plato often referred to him as the “intellect” of the school.

WHERE: This quote comes from the book Nicomachean Ethics that he wrote as a guide to the citizens of Greece on how to lead the good life.

WHEN: Aristotle wrote this in 350 B.C.E.


Related Author: Seneca,  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Author Unknown #1

"When the wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at the finger"

Author Unknown