The more we create, the more we love and lose those whom we love, the more we escape from death. With every new work we round and finish, we escape into the work we have created, the soul we have… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
“I distrust official charity. All charity should be done by stealth.” — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
The artist is the compass which, through the raging of the storm, points steadily to the north. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
One day History will pass judgment on each of the nations at war; she will weigh their measure of errors, lies, and heinous follies.… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
“They were the only members of their family, and they were both humble, crushed, and thrust aside by life; they were united in sadness… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas. It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
History furnishes to politics all the arguments that it needs, for the chosen cause. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
I would rather have this life of combat than the moral calm and mournful stupor of these last years. God give me struggle, enemies,… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever we can find its blossom or its SEED. Having Found the seed, let us… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
