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 More Quotes by Romain Rolland More Quotes From Romain Rolland As a result of all his education, from everything he hears and sees around him, the child absorbs such a lot of lies and foolish nonsense, mixed in with essential truths, that the first duty of the adolescent who wants to be a healthy man is to disgorge it all. Romain Rolland men lying children One day History will pass judgment on each of the nations at war; she will weigh their measure of errors, lies, and heinous follies. Let us try to make ours light before her! Romain Rolland errors war lying There is only one necessary condition for the emergence of a new theatre, that the stage and auditorium should be open to the masses, should be able to contain a people and the actions of a people. Romain Rolland able theatre people 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 not renounce any part of our real nature...whence we formerly took our flight. Romain Rolland eagles real europe The theatre, like the fresco, is art fitted to its place. And therefore it is above all else the human art, the living art. Romain Rolland theatre humans art A great nation assailed by war has not only its frontiers to protect: it must also protect its good sense. It must protect itself from the hallucinations, injustices, and follies which the plague lets loose. Romain Rolland hallucinations injustice war 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. Romain Rolland struggle giving years When nothing hampers action, the soul has fewer reasons for action. Romain Rolland soul reason action The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with regard to the facts to be observed and the diverse hypotheses it has laid down for their coordination. Never having been hampered by a priestly order, each man has been entirely free to search wherever he pleased for the spiritual explanation of the spectacle of the universe. Romain Rolland spiritual men ideas All these young millionaires were anarchists, of course: when a man possesses everything it is the supreme luxury for him to deny society: for in that way he can evade his responsibilities Romain Rolland luxury responsibility men History furnishes to politics all the arguments that it needs, for the chosen cause. Romain Rolland causes history needs Mozart was able to do what he wished in music and he never wished to so what was beyond him. Romain Rolland able
