The Wisdom Letter #085
5 quotes from Romain Rolland (1866–1944)
✹ For today's Wisdom Letter, we have carefully curated five bite-sized quotes from the French dramatist and novelist, Romain Rolland (1866–1944).
Quote № 01:
“I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.”
— Romain Rolland
Quote № 02:
“Every man who is truly a man must learn to be alone in the midst of all others, and if need be against all others.”
— Romain Rolland
Quote № 03:
“You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero! ... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.”
— Romain Rolland, “Jean-Christophe”
Quote № 04:
“One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.”
— Romain Rolland
Quote № 05:
“It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.”
— Romain Rolland
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✺ Today’s Questions
Three philosophical questions to foster your curiosity:
Question № 01:
Is war an inevitable aspect of human nature, or is it a result of specific social, economic, and political conditions?
Question № 02:
What responsibilities do artists have to society, if any? Should artists use their work to address social and political issues, or is art's primary function to express personal or aesthetic concerns?
Question № 03:
Can love be fully understood through reason and logic, or does it exist beyond the realm of rational thought? How do emotions and intellect interact in the experience of love?
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“You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero! ... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.”
Question #2:
Hero; n. 1. A fool, properly motivated.
a. Said fool, fortunate.
b. Said fool, deceased.
c. Said fool, both fortunate and deceased.
2. A thin layer, once scratched, revealing a villain.
3. A villain, properly backlit.
4. A broad category covering villains past, revised and updated.
5. A broad category covering noble ancestors, ignored and minimized.
6. A convenient category one places those that do what one cannot or will not.
7. A citizen, correctly informed. ~ Hero's Dictionary
"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." ~ Arthur Ashe
Quote 1. As an Army war veteran, I also find it frustrating and detestable when someone who has never been in war still praises it. Once someone has actually been to war, there perspective generally changes and do not want anything else to do with it.