289 Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness

Greed has poisoned men's souls

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.

In the work of the greatest geniuses, humble beginnings will reveal themselves somewhere, but one cannot trace the slightest sign of them in Shakespeare ... I am not concerned with who wrote the works of Shakespeare ... but I can hardly think it was the Stratford boy. Whoever wrote them had an aristocratic attitude.

Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it's breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by if you smile through your pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow, you'll see the sun come shining through for you.

What can stars do? Nothing..But sit on their axis!

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

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.