Unbelievable facts
Charlie Chaplin became world famous even before movies even had sound.
But his talent for turning ordinary people's tragedies into epic comedies has made him immortal on movie screens.
Charlie Chaplin was an extraordinary personality who survived unexpected twists and turns and fought against his dark demons that destroyed his reputation.
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Despite this, he has always been the king of comedy and a silent genius whose thoughts deserve our attention.
Here are a few of Charlie Chaplin's observations about life, career, and human nature. These quotes are encouraging, but sometimes sad, and can inspire you more than once.
About laughter and a positive outlook on life
1. A day without laughing is a day spent in vain.
2. To really laugh, you must be able to accept your pain and play with it.
3. You'll never see a rainbow if you're looking down.
4. Failure doesn't matter. It takes courage to let people laugh at themselves.
5. My pain may be the reason someone laughs, but my laughter should never be the reason for someone else's pain.
6. You'll know that life is worth it if you just smile.
7. Smile even if your heart hurts. Smile even if it's broken. When there are clouds in the sky, you can do it if you smile through pain and regret. Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the Sun shine on you.
8. I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hate and fear.
About despair and tragedy
9. I've always loved walking in the rain without anyone seeing me cry.
10. Despair is a drug. It puts the mind in indifference.
11. Life is a tragedy when you see it in close-up, and comedy when you look at it from afar.
12. Nothing is constant in our sinful world, not even our problems.
13. The saddest thing I can imagine is getting used to luxury.
14. We can either die or we can go on living the same way.
15. The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.
About comedy and career
16. All I need for a comedy is a park, a police officer and a pretty girl.
17. I don't believe the public knows what they want. I have come to this conclusion over the years of my career.
18. I came into this craft for money, and it grew into art. If people are disappointed with this confession, there's nothing I can do about it. This is true.
19. The main thing for a great actor is to love yourself when it comes to acting.
20. Imagination means nothing without action.
21. Why should poetry make sense?
22. We will strive for the impossible. The great achievements in history have been the conquest of what seemed impossible.
About human nature
23. We think too much and feel too little.
24. A person's true character comes out when he's drunk.
25. I'm at peace with God. But in conflict with a person.
26. I'm for people – I can't do anything about it.
27. What do you want the point for? Life is a wish, and there's no meaning.
28. We all want to help each other. This is how people work. We want to live each other's happiness, not their grief.
29. Individually, each person is a genius. But in the crowd, people turn into a headless monster, a huge, violent idiot who goes where he's being pushed.
30. Worry more about your conscience than your reputation. Because your conscience is who you are and your reputation is what others think of you. And what they think about you is their problem.
About beauty and understanding
31. I don't have much patience when it comes to beauty, which needs to be explained in order to understand it.
32. If this needs further explanation by someone other than the creator, I wonder if it has fulfilled its purpose.
33. It is easy to judge, not easy to understand.
34. It's easy to help a friend in need, but it's not always possible to donate your time for them.
35. More than intelligence, we need kindness and tenderness.
About life
36. Life is beautiful, great, even for a jellyfish!
37. Life and death are too relentless and too unforgiving to be accidental.
38. Think about yourself at least once in your life or you'll miss out on the best comedy in the world.
39. Time is the best writer. It always writes the perfect ending.
40. Life laughs at you when you're not happy. Life smiles at you when you're happy. But life welcomes you when you make others happy.
About love
41. Your naked body should only belong to someone who has fallen in love with your naked soul.
42. Only the unloved ones hate.
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43. Strength is only needed when you want to do something bad, in any other case love is enough.
44. When I started loving myself, I stopped striving for another life, and I saw that everything around me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it maturity.
45. Perfect love is the most beautiful of all disappointments because it is more than you can express.