Romain Rolland

Novelist Musician French 1866 – 1944

French writer and Nobel Prize winner for Jean-Christophe.

394 quotes

"To dream is to think."
Dreams
"We are not enemies unless we allow ourselves to be."
Peace
"The purpose of art is to give life a shape."
Creativity
"A man is as great as his faith."
Faith
"The world knows nothing of its greatest men."
Wisdom
"Love is the most powerful of all the passions."
Love
"Education must take as its objective the formation of men and women who are able to do something new."
Education
"The only way to deal with the future is to think upon it with courage."
Courage
"Work is better than idleness, but not by much."
Work
"One moment of understanding may be worth a lifetime of wisdom."
Knowledge
"The nature of a thing is exactly what it was made for."
Philosophy
"Genius is the capacity to see what is essential."
Creativity
"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."
Adventure
"The supreme art is to teach."
Education
"In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they really are."
Truth
"Nothing is permanent but change."
Change
"The human species is made up of two sexes: men and women."
Wisdom
"The only true life is that which is lived consciously."
Life
"Solitude purifies you."
Solitude
"Patience is the greatest achievement."
Patience
"The power of the human will is incalculable."
Power
"Money is the root of not evil, but of power and opportunity."
Money
"Health is a crown worn by the well, known only to the sick."
Health
"Each life is unique, and the story of each one is sacred."
Life
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Courage
"The greatest teachers are those who show you where to look but don't tell you what to see."
Leadership
"Imagination is more important than much knowledge."
Imagination
"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."
Wisdom
"Technology is not destiny."
Technology
"History is the great teacher of us all."
History