- "To one whose mind is free, there is something even more intolerable in the suffering of animals than in the sufferings of humans. For with the latter, it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the person who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any person were to refer to it, they would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. That alone is the justification of all that humans may suffer. It cries vengeance upon all the human race. If God exists and tolerates it, it cries vengeance upon God." Jean Christophe.
- "If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India....For more than 30 centuries, the tree of vision, with all its thousand branches and their millions of twigs, has sprung from this torrid land, the burning womb of the Gods. It renews itself tirelessly showing no signs of decay." The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies at www.ocvhs.com Life of Ramakrishna
- "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.", Hinduism Today | Mar 1996 at www.hinduismtoday.com Life of Vivekananda.
- "There are some dead who are more alive than the living."
- "No, no! It would be more true to say that there are some who are more dead than the dead." "Maybe. In any case there are old things which are still young."
"Then if they are still young we can find them for ourselves. . . . But I don't believe it. What has been good once never is good again."
Romain Rolland, "Jean-Christophe: Revolt," p. 395
- "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 Bibliography'''
Year
Work
Notes
1888
''Amour d'enfants''
1891
''Les Baglioni''
Unpublished during his lifetime.
1891
''Empédocle''(''Empedocles'')
Unpublished during his lifetime.
1891
''Orsino''
Unpublished during his lifetime.
1892
''Le Dernier Procès de Louis Berquin''(''The Last Trial of Louis Berquin'')
1895
''Les Origines du théâtre lyrique moderne''(''The origins of modern lyric theatre'')
Academic treatise, which won a prize from the [[Académie Française]]
1895
''Histoire de l'opéra avant Lully et Scarlatti''(''A History of Opera in Europe before Lully and Scarlatti'')
Dissertation for his doctorate in Letters
1895
''Cur ars picturae apud Italos XVI saeculi deciderit''
[[Latin]]-language thesis on the decline in [[Italy|Italian]] oil painting in the course of the sixteenth century
1897
''Saint-Louis''
1897
''Aërt''
Historical/philosophical drama
1898
''Les Loups''(''The Wolves'')
Historical/philosophical drama
1899
''Le Triomphe de la raison''(''The Triumph of Reason'')
Historical/philosophical drama
1899
''[[Georges Danton]]''
Historical/philosophical drama
1900
''Le Poison idéaliste''
1901
''Les Fêtes de Beethoven à Mayence''
1902
''Le Quatorze Juillet'' (''July 14—[[Bastille Day]]'')
Historical/philosophical drama
1902
''François-Millet''
1903
''Vie de Beethoven'' (''Life of Beethoven'')
Biography
1903
''Le temps viendra''(''The Time Will Come'')
Drama
1903
''Le Théâtre du peuple''(''The People's Theatre'')
Seminal essay in the democratization of theatre.
1904
''La Montespan''
Historical/philosophical drama
1904 - 1912
''[[Jean-Christophe]]''
Cycle of ten volumes divided into three series—''Jean-Christophe'', ''Jean-Christophe à Paris'', and la ''Fin du voyage'', published by ''Cahiers de la Quinzaine''
1904
''L'Aube''
First volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe''
1904
''Le Matin''(''Morning'')
Second volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe''
1904
''L'Adolescent''(''The Adolescent'')
Third volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe''
1905
''La Révolte''(''The Revolt'')
Fourth volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe''
1907
''Vie de [[Michelangelo|Michel-Ange]]''(''Life of Michelangelo'')
Biography
1908
''Musiciens d'aujourd'hui''(''Contemporary Musicians'')
Collection of articles and essays about music
1908
''Musiciens d'autrefois''(''Musicians of the Past'')
Collection of articles and essays about music
1908
''La Foire sur la place''
First volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe à Paris''
1908
''Antoinette''
Second volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe à Paris''
1908
''Dans la maison''(''At Home'')
Third volume of the series ''Jean-Christophe à Paris''
1910
''Haendel''
1910
''Les Amies''(''Friends'')
First volume of the series ''la Fin du voyage''
1911
''La Vie de [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoï]]''(''Life of Tolstoy'')
Biography
1911
''Le Buisson ardent''
Second volume of the series ''la Fin du voyage''
1912
''La Nouvelle Journée''
Third volume of the series ''la Fin du voyage''
1911
''Jean-Christophe: Dawn . Morning . Youth . Revolt''
In English, first four volumes published in one. Henry Holt and Company. Translated by Gilbert Cannan
1911
''Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market Place . Antoinette . The House''
In English, second three volumes published in one. Henry Holt and Company. Translated by Gilbert Cannan
1915
''Jean-Christophe: Journey's End: Love and Friendship . The Burning Bush . The New Dawn''
In English, final three volumes published in one. Henry Holt and Company. Translated by Gilbert Cannan
1912
''L'Humble Vie héroïque''(''The Humble Life of the Hero'')
1915
''Au-dessus de la mêlée'' (''Above the Battle'')
Pacifist manifesto
1915
Received the Nobel Prize in Literature
1917
''Salut à la [[Russian Revolution of 1917|révolution russe]]''(''Salute to the Russian Revolution'')
1918
''Pour l'internationale de l'Esprit''(''For the International of the Spirit'')
1918
''L'Âge de la haine''(''The Age of Hatred'')
1919
''[[Colas Breugnon]]''
[[Burgundy (region)|Burgundian]] story
1919
''Liluli''
Play
1919
''Les Précurseurs''(''The Precursors'')
1920
Founded the review ''Europe''
1920
''[[Clérambault (novel)|Clérambault]]''
1920
''[[Pierre et luce|Pierre et Luce]]''
1921
''Pages choisies''(''Selected Pages'')
1921
''La Révolte des machines''(''The Revolt of the Machines'')
1922-1933
''L'Âme enchantée''(''The Enchanted Soul'')
Seven volumes
1922
''Annette et Sylvie''
First volume of ''l'Âme enchantée''
1922
''Les Vaincus''
1924
''L'Été''(''Summer'')
Second volume of ''l'Âme enchantée''
1924
''[[Mahatma Gandhi]]''
1925
''Le Jeu de l'amour et de la mort''(''The Game of Love and Death'')
1926
''Pâques fleuries''
1927
''Mère et fils''(''Mother and Child'')
Third volume of ''l'Âme enchantée''
1928
''Léonides''
1928
''De l'Héroïque à l'Appassionata''(''From the Heroic to the Passionate'')
1929
''Essai sur la mystique de l'action''(''A study of the Mystique of Action'')
1929
''L'Inde vivante''(''Living India'')
Essays
1929
''Vie de [[Ramakrishna]]''(''Life of Ramakrishna'')
Essays
1930
''Vie de [[Vivekananda]]''(''Life of Vivekananda'')
Essays
1930
''L'Évangile universel''
Essays
1930
''[[Goethe]] et Beethoven''
Essay
1933
''L'Annonciatrice''
1935
''Quinze Ans de combat''
1936
''Compagnons de route''
1937
''Le Chant de la Résurrection''(''Song of the Resurrection'')
1938
''Les Pages immortelles de [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Rousseau]]''(''The Immortal Pages of Rousseau'')
1939
''[[Robespierre]]''
Historical/philosophical drama
1942
''Le Voyage intérieur''(''The Interior Voyage'')
1943
''La Cathédrale interrompue''(''The Interrupted Cathedral'')
Volumes I and II
1945
''[[Charles Péguy|Péguy]]''
Posthumous publication
1945
''La Cathédrale interrompue''
Volume III, posthumous