Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBEwas an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 April 1889
CityWalworth, England
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors.
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.
Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.
Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.
Beauty is an omnipresence of death and loveliness, a smiling sadness that we discern in nature and all things, a mystic communion that the poet feels.
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.
There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.
Simplicity is not a simple thing.
In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection "WISDOM OF THE HEART"...