“And the most objective books are the most deceptive.”

— Romain Rolland, Journey Within (1947)

About Romain Rolland

1866 – 1944

French novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (1915).

“No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books, either to discover or to control himself.”

“Theatre supposes lives that are poor and agitated, a people searching in dreams for a refuge from thought.”

“If we were happier and freer we should not feel hungry for theatre.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“One must learn to know oneself before knowing anything else.”

“And how do you teach thou shalt not kill? By killing.”