Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer (Charlie) Chaplin:

(Walworth (London), 16 April 1889 – Corsier-sur-Vevey (Switzerland), 25 December 1977) .
English artist, actor, director, composer and comedian. He also dabbled in pantomime and vaudeville. He was one of the world’s most famous film stars at the time of the birth of the motion picture in the United States. Later, he also became a film director. His best-known role was that of the tramp The Tramp, a male of simple origins with a small moustache and considerable personal dignity. With a tight-fitting coat, a rotting (rattan walking stick) and a hat, he always manages to overcome his difficulties in everyday life from an underdog situation. Chaplin played this role with great success from 1914 to 1936 in dozens of films.

You need power, only when you want to do something harmful; otherwise, love is enough to get everything done.

Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.

I went into this business because of the money, and the art grew beyond it. If people are disillusioned by that comment, I can’t help it. It is the truth.

That’s what all we are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.

When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in 1931, Einstein said, ‘What I admire most about your art is its universality. You don’t say a word and yet the world understands you.’ ‘That’s true. ‘ Chaplin replied, ‘But your glory is even greater.’ The world admires you even though no one understands you.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. 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.