Romain Rolland Quotes

We do not find truth groveling through error.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily

Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.

One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it

The nearest each of us can come to God is by loving the truth.

Ten truths must you find during the day; otherwise will you seek truth during the night, and your soul will have been hungry.

We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it

Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.

Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.

Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.

You must learn, you must let God teach you, that the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

You stopped looking for the truth...I'd guess that's a sin we've all been guilty of.

It does not matter where you come from, if you walk toward the truth you will reach it, whatever path you take.

To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.

The man who lives in contact with what he believes to be a living Church is a man always expecting to meet Plato and Shakespeare tomorrow at breakfast. He is always expecting to see some truth that he has never seen before.

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They're not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.

The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true.

Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth