Romain Rolland

Novelist Musician French 1866 – 1944

French writer and Nobel Prize winner for Jean-Christophe.

394 quotes

"Strength comes from the union of weakness and determination."
Strength
"Fear is faith in evil."
Fear
"Power over others is weakness disguised."
Power
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Money
"Health is the greatest wealth."
Health
"Adventure is the appetite of life."
Adventure
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."
Imagination
"Technology serves humanity, not the reverse."
Technology
"History repeats itself because we fail to learn from it."
History
"Literature reflects the soul of a civilization."
Literature
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
Politics
"War is the failure of diplomacy."
War
"Justice is the foundation of all virtue."
Justice
"Gratitude transforms the ordinary into the sacred."
Gratitude
"Strength multiplies when shared."
Strength
"Fear is the mind-killer."
Fear
"To understand death is to understand life."
Death
"Laughter is the soul's response to truth."
Humor
"Time is a river that carries us all."
Time
"Truth is the only foundation of justice."
Truth
"Freedom is responsibility."
Freedom
"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of harmony."
Peace
"Nature speaks to those who listen."
Nature
"The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."
Happiness
"To love is to find pleasure in the happiness of the person loved."
Love
"A great artist is a great man, and his greatness shines forth in all his works."
Art
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
Education
"Heroism is not the way out. Heroism is the way in."
Courage
"If we would have some poetic repose in our lives, we must not poly-pragmatize."
Peace
"There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is and to love it."
Wisdom