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> [Theatre supposes lives that are poor and agitated, a people searching in dreams for a refuge from thought. If we were happier and freer we should not feel hungry for theatre. A people that is happy and free has need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/theatre-supposes-lives-that-are-poor-and-agitated-a-people-searching/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

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## More by Romain Rolland

> [“I distrust official charity. All charity should be done by stealth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/i-distrust-official-charity-all-charity-should-be-done-by-stealth/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [The artist is the compass which, through the raging of the storm, points steadily to the north.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/the-artist-is-the-compass-which-through-the-raging-of-the-storm/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [One day History will pass judgment on each of the nations at war; she will weigh their measure of errors, lies, and heinous follies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/one-day-history-will-pass-judgment-on-each-of-the-nations-at-war-she/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/the-greatest-book-is-not-the-one-whose-message-engraves-itself-on-the/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/the-true-vedantic-spirit-does-not-start-out-with-a-system-of/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [“They were the only members of their family, and they were both humble, crushed, and thrust aside by life; they were united in sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/they-were-the-only-members-of-their-family-and-they-were-both-humble/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/one-makes-mistakes-that-is-life-but-it-is-never-a-mistake-to-have/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [There are some dead who are more alive than the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/there-are-some-dead-who-are-more-alive-than-the-living/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/i-know-at-last-what-distinguishes-man-from-animals-financial-worries/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/love-of-my-country-does-not-demand-that-i-shall-hate-and-slay-those/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/let-us-return-to-our-eagle-s-nest-in-the-himalayas-it-is-waiting-for/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/if-a-man-is-to-shed-the-light-of-the-sun-upon-other-men-he-must-first/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [History furnishes to politics all the arguments that it needs, for the chosen cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/history-furnishes-to-politics-all-the-arguments-that-it-needs-for-the/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [I would rather have this life of combat than the moral calm and mournful stupor of these last years. God give me struggle, enemies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/i-would-rather-have-this-life-of-combat-than-the-moral-calm-and/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

> [Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever we can find its blossom or its SEED. Having Found the seed, let us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/let-us-seek-truth-everywhere-let-us-cull-it-wherever-we-can-find-its/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

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