If there is an eternal symbol of comedy, that is definitely Charles Spencer Chaplin, or better known to all as Charles Chaplin , the humor genius of black and white cinema. During the 20th century, the world of entertainment took a very interesting turn with the arrival of this character who managed to steal the most strident laughs.
Charles Chaplin's Great Quotes
In this article, we bring a compilation with the best quotes from Charles Chaplin, the creator of Charlot that will make us reflect and see life in a different way.
one. After all, it's all a joke.
Life must be lived with a touch of madness.
2. Out of simple common sense I don't believe in God, in any.
Refers to Chaplin's atheism.
3. You have to laugh in the face of our helplessness in the face of the forces of nature, or go crazy.
The best alternative to face problems is to add a touch of humor.
4. Think of yourself at least once in your life, otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.
It's important to put ourselves first.
5. A day without laughing is a day lost.
Laughing is life.
6. Life is a play that does not allow rehearsals. Therefore, sing, laugh, dance, cry and live intensely every moment of your life before the curtain goes down and the play ends without applause.
Life is very short and that is why you should make the most of it.
7. Seen closely, life is a tragedy, but seen from afar, it seems like a comedy.
On the way we find happy moments and others not so much.
8. Learn as if you were going to live a lifetime, and live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
You have to live every day as if it were your last.
9. I am for the people. I can't help it.
Being empathetic is an attitude that not only benefits those in need, but ourselves.
10. Beauty is the spirit of all things, an ex altation, a psalm of life and death, good and evil, vileness and purity, joy and pain, hate and love, all embodied in the object we see or hear.
True beauty is inside.
eleven. You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down.
You always have to look ahead and move forward.
12. My pain can be the reason for someone's laughter. But my laughter should never be the reason for someone's pain.
Our attitudes should not harm others.
13. Never forget to smile, because the day you don't smile will be a wasted day.
You always have to smile, even when you don't feel like it.
14. A wanderer, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a loner, always hoping for romance and adventure.
Every person has the right to dream.
fifteen. Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people.
Dictatorship will never be a beneficial system of government.
16. I would rather be called a successful thief than a deposed monarch.
It is better to live in peace than to look for something that will make us lose sleep.
17. Why does poetry have to make sense?
Refers to the complex world of poetry.
18. The authentic creator disdains technique understood as an end and not as a means.
Creativity has to be focused on achieving something.
19. There is something as inevitable as death and that is life.
Death is a destination we are all going to reach.
twenty. Be you, and try to be happy, but above all, be you.
We should not aspire to be an image of another, we must focus on being ourselves.
twenty-one. My sin was and still is, being a maverick.
You should never be conformist in life, you have to aspire for the best.
22. In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs.
The ego, if we do not know how to control it, can become a monster that we cannot control.
23. When I really loved myself, I freed myself from everything that wasn't good for me: people, things, situations and everything that pushed me down and away from myself. At first I called it he althy egoism, but today I know it's self-love.
Loving yourself is the key to success.
24. Life has stopped being a joke to me; I do not see grace.
There are times when life is seen from a different perspective.
25. Time is the best author: it always finds a perfect ending.
Time is very wise, it heals everything.
26. Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations, because it is more than can be expressed.
True love is perfect.
27. We think too much, we feel very little.
We put feelings aside and pay more attention to thoughts.
28. The deeper the truth of a creative work, the longer it will live.
When you do something, do it in such a way that everyone will remember it fondly.
29. Life is wonderful if you are not afraid of it.
Life must be lived with joy.
30. The bad thing about being old is that you don't have any way to defend yourself.
Old age is something that stands in our way, but we always turn it around.
31. I had no idea about the character. But the moment I got dressed, the clothes and the makeup made me feel like the person he was. I got to know him, and when I got on stage he was fully born.
When you love what you do, everything flows.
32. I have reached the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane.
True friendship is strong and does not break easily.
33. The day man realizes his profound mistakes, the progress of science will have come to an end.
Many times, useful things come out of mistakes.
3. 4. There is nothing permanent in this evil world. Not even our problems.
Nothing is forever.
35. You have to have faith in yourself. Therein lies the secret.
Believing in our abilities is the best path to success.
36. I have already forgiven almost unforgivable mistakes, tried to replace irreplaceable people and forget unforgettable people.
Forgiveness leads to inner peace.
37. To really laugh, you must be able to take the pain away from him, and play with him!
Despite the pain, smile.
38. Life is a beautiful and magnificent thing, even for a jellyfish.
For all living beings, their world is the ideal.
39. Man as an individual is a genius. But the men in the mass make up the headless monster, a big brutal jerk who goes where he is spurred on.
Man very often allows himself to be controlled by others.
40. I am a citizen of the world.
Charles Chaplin did not believe he had a nationality.
41. Imagination means nothing without doing.
Get busy putting everything you imagine into operation.
42. Failure is not important. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Don't be afraid of failure, you can also learn from it.
43. The worst thing about you is that you refuse to fight, you give up, you do nothing but think about sickness and death. But there is something as inevitable as death and it is life!
Never give up, fight with all your might.
44. I am only, I only remain one thing: a clown. That puts me on a higher plane than any politician.
Living life full of funny touches is better than living bitter and angry about everything.
Four. Five. A man is only as big as his big dreams.
If your dreams are big, then so are you.
46. Laughter is a tonic, a relief, a breath that eases pain.
Always laugh to get pain, anguish and illness out of your life.
47. I guess that's one of life's ironies, doing the wrong thing at the right time.
It can bring good or bad results.
48. How do you get the ideas? With sheer perseverance to the point of madness.
Never keep your ideas quiet.
49. In the realm of the unknown, there is infinite power for good.
Every discovery must be used for good.
fifty. As a man gets older, he wants to live deeply. A feeling of sad dignity invades his soul, and this is fatal for a comedian.
With the years comes nostalgia.
51. Remember, you can always crouch down and pick up nothing.
You can try hard and get little.
52. My only enemy is time.
Time is usually too short for everything we want to do.
53. Don't wait for your turn to speak; really listen and you will be different.
Hearing is as important as speaking.
54. I am not a politician nor do I have political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in freedom. That's all the policy I have.
Freedom is priceless.
55. Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is "elephant".
Watch your words, they can be double-edged swords.
56. Wars, conflicts, everything is business. Numbers sanctify, if you kill a few you are a criminal, if you kill thousands, you are a hero.
Wars and conflicts leave nothing good.
57. The really good thing is to fight with determination, embrace life and live it with passion…
Live your life with passion and never stop fighting.
58. There is something as inevitable as death: life.
Drinking makes us feel uninhibited and makes us act differently than usual.
59. I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hate and terror.
Both laughter and tears are part of our lives.
60. Even when I was in the orphanage and roaming the streets looking for what to eat for a living, even then, I considered myself the greatest actor in the world.
Situations do not determine you, but your desire to succeed.
61. I believe that faith is a precursor of all our ideas.
If we do not have faith in our abilities, we will achieve nothing.
62. Let's strive for the impossible. The great achievements throughout history have been the conquest of what seemed impossible.
If something seems impossible to do, focus on doing it.
63. Laugh and the world will laugh with you; cry and the world, turning its back on you, will let you cry.
Only in moments of success will you find support.
64. We are all fans. Life is so short that there is no room for more.
The secret of life is to live every moment.
65. Hey hey smile! but don't hide behind that smile... Show what you are, without fear. There are people who dream of your smile, just like me.
Do not imitate anyone, you are more than enough.
66. Numbers sanctify, if you kill a few you are a criminal, if you kill thousands, you are a hero.
Having a positive attitude to face problems is what we should all have.
67. I always like to walk in the rain, so no one can see me cry.
There's nothing wrong with crying, don't hide your feelings.
68. You don't measure someone's value by her clothes or by the goods he owns. The true value of him is his character, his ideas and the nobility of his ideals.
Material things do not determine people, only their ideas and thoughts.
69. Without having known misery it is impossible to value luxury.
When we go through a situation, we learn to value what life provides us.
70. Fight to live life, to suffer it and to enjoy it. Life is wonderful if you are not afraid of it.
You have to live life with its positive and negative aspects.
71. Without faith, hypotheses, theory, science, or mathematics could never have evolved.
In everything you do, be confident.
72. The true meaning of things is found by trying to say the same things in other words.
It is not what is said, but the way how it is done.
73. We all want to help each other. Human beings are like that. We want to live from the happiness of the other, not from the misery of each one.
Helping others has the charm of it.
74. There is nothing permanent in this evil world, not even our problems.
Nothing is eternal in life.
75. I am at peace with God, my conflict is with man.
Man has negative feelings and attitudes that shape evil.
76. You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful, otherwise Love is enough to get everything done.
Power has its consequences.
77. Life is not meaning; life is desire.
The desire to live must be very great.
78. I am only, I only remain one thing: a clown. That puts me on a higher plane than any politician.
There are always people who think badly of you.
79. I believe that faith is an extension of the mind. It is the key that negates the impossible.
You are the only one who has the decision whether or not you want to have faith.
80. Happiness… does it exist? where? When I was a child, I used to complain to my father because he didn't have toys and he would respond, pointing his index finger at his forehead: This is the best toy ever created. Everything is here. That is the secret of our happiness.
Happiness has several points of view.
81. More than intelligence, we need kindness and gentleness.
Being intellectual is not everything in life. Kindness and generosity are vital.
82. To err is human, but blaming others is even more human.
It is very common for us to blame other people and not ourselves.
83. When I began to love myself, it seemed to me that emotional pain and anguish were just warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Nowadays, I know, it's about “authenticity”.
Being unique and authentic is what brings us happiness.
84. Without absolute self-confidence, one is destined for failure.
To achieve success it is vitally important to trust ourselves.
85. To deny faith is to refute oneself and the spirit that generates all our creative forces.
Never deny your abilities.
86. Smile even if your heart hurts. Smile even if it's broken.
Despite the difficulties, keep smiling.
87. Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.
Fall in love with that person who loves your soul first than your body.
88. Working is living and I love living.
If you want to be truly happy, then love your job.
89. Despair is a narcotic. Calms the mind in indifference.
Getting desperate in the face of a situation only brings anguish.
90. I don't need drugs to be a genius; I'm not looking for a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.
The important thing in life is happiness.
91. Even if there are clouds in the sky you will make it, if you smile despite the fear and pain. Smile and maybe tomorrow you will see the sun shining for you.
In difficult situations, just smile and you will see great results.
92. That is the problem with the world. We all despise each other.
We do not make the brother as he really is
93. The authentic creator disdains technique understood as an end and not as a means.
Man has enormous potential that he does not know how to use
94. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost our way.
We can lose our way very easily.
95. From those trivialities, I think my soul was born.
There are things of little importance to which we put a lot of interest.
96. My faith is in the unknown, in everything that does not understand reason.
The unknown is also very tempting.
97. The saddest thing I can imagine is getting used to luxury.
We must not get used to luxury, it can be counterproductive.
98. Simplicity is not easy.
Simplicity and naturalness have been lost.
99. I don't think the public knows what they want; This is the conclusion I have drawn from my career.
Unfortunately, many people don't know what they want.
100. If you don't dream, you will never find what lies beyond your dreams.
If you don't have dreams, then life has no meaning.