“ 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 the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and… 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. Romain Rolland
“ If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. Romain Rolland
“ No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books, either to discover or to control himself. Romain Rolland
“ But, uncle, isn’t it possible to make other songs, new songs? Why make them? There are enough for everything. There are songs for when you are sad, and for when you are gay; for when you are weary, an… Romain Rolland
“ Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow. 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 and tenderness by a bond of mutual pity and common suffering, born… Romain Rolland
“ Islands of memory begin to rise above the river of his life. At first they are little uncharted islands, rocks just peeping above the surface of the waters. Round about them and behind in the twilight… Romain Rolland
“ But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses - mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep; and perhaps it was such fo… Romain Rolland
“ Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it. Romain Rolland
