Romain Rolland Quotes:
Ocupation: Dramatist
Life: January 29, 1866 - December 30, 1944
Birthday: January 29
Death: December 30
The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest.
source: "Journey Within". Book by Romain Rolland. Chapter 2: "The Three Revelations", 1947.
topic: Book, Fire, Impact, Engrave, Greatest Book
