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14 Quotes By Romain Rolland That Give A Glimpse Of Life In A Nutshell

Famous As: French Playwright, Essayist and Novelist Who Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915

Died On: December 30, 1944

Born In: Clamecy, France

Died At Age: 78

Romain Rolland was an eminent French art historian, dramatist, essayist, mystic, and novelist. In 1915, he was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize for Literature.’ He is renowned for his influence and correspondence with Sigmund Freud. He was also an advocate of Stalin in France. Some of his notable works include ‘The Enchanted Soul,’ ‘Au dessus de la melee,’ ‘Celebrity Biography,’ ‘Jean-Christophe,’ ‘The Life of Tolstoy,’ Colas Breugnon,’ ‘Pierre et Luce,’ and various others. We have gathered some popular quotes by Romain Rolland, which has been excerpted from his poems, books, essays, writings, and novels. Zoom through the corpus of quotes by Romain Rolland on Beethoven, Gandhi, India, heroism, Hinduism, Antoinette, impossible, courage, positive, passion, dream, genius, etc.

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Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.

Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.
Think Will
Romain Rolland

Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.

Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.
Romain Rolland

To understand everything is to hate nothing.

To understand everything is to hate nothing.
Romain Rolland

One makes mistakes; that is life.
But it is never a mistake to have loved.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.
Never
Romain Rolland

Everything is music for the born musician.

Everything is music for the born musician.
Music
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.

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

I distrust official charity.All charity should be done by stealth.

I distrust official charity.All charity should be done by stealth.
I
Romain Rolland

The public will only stand genius in infintesimal doses,sprinkled with mannerisms and fashionable literature...A fashionable genius!Doesn't that make you laugh?..what a waste of power!

The public will only stand genius in infintesimal doses,sprinkled with mannerisms and fashionable literature...A fashionable genius!Doesn't that make you laugh?..what a waste of power!
You Will
Romain Rolland

Stones are hard everywhere.
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, howling crowds, all the combot of which I am capable.

I would rather have this life of combat than the moral calm and mournful stupor of these last years. God give me struggle, enemies, howling crowds, all the combot of which I am capable.
Life Me God I
Romain Rolland