YSU Ijevan Branch is pleased to share with you the 30 wise sayings and 10 life rules by the famous English actor, comedian, scriptwriter, songwriter and director, the great master of cinematography Charles Spencer Chaplin.
WISE SAYINGS
- “I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything. That which can be imagined is as much an approximation to truth as that which can be proved by mathematics”
- “A day without laughing is a day wasted”
- “Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world”
- “The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly!”
- “How does one get ideas? By sheer perseverance to the point of madness”
- “There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books”
- “Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.”
- “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
- “I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy”
- “we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane”
- “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself”
- “We think too much and feel too little”
- “I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have”
- “You will find that life’s still worthwhile… if you just smile!”
- “That’s all any of us are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else”
- “To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!”
- Let us strive for the impossible. The great achievements throughout history have been the conquest of what seemed the impossible.
- “Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.”
- “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
- “That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.”
- “Imagination means nothing without doing.”
- “Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination … and a little dough.”
- “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.”
- “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.”
- “One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify”.
- “This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope 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.”
- “One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify”.
- “I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life – doing the wrong thing at the right moment”.
- “I am not an angel, but always wanted to be a man”.
LIFE RULES
- “As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is AUTHENTICITY.
- As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it RESPECT.
- As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it
- As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE.
- As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it
- As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first, I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is LOVE OF ONESELF.
- As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is MODESTY.
- As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it FULFILLMENT.
- 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.
- We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know THAT IS LIFE.“
