I Remain Just One Thing, And That Is A Clown -- Charlie Chaplin

"I remain just one thing, 
and one thing only, 

and that is a clown. 

It places me on a far higher plane 

than any politician".


----- Charlie Chaplin

Life could be wonderful, if people would leave you alone -- Charlie Chaplin

"Life could be wonderful, 

if people would leave you alone".

----- Charlie Chaplin

In The End, Everything Is A Gag - Charlie Chaplin

"In the end, everything is a gag."

----- Charlie Chaplin

Life Can Be Wonderful ---- Charlie Chaplin

"Life can be wonderful 
if you're not afraid of it.
 All it takes is courage,
imagination ... and a little dough".

----- Charlie Chaplin

That's The Trouble With The World, We All Despise Ourselves --- Charlie Chaplin

"That's the trouble with the world. 

We all despise ourselves."

  ----- Charlie Chaplin

Imagination Means Nothing Without Doing -- Charlie Chaplin

"Imagination means nothing 

without doing."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

Perfect Love Is The Most Beautiful Of All Frustrations -- Charlie Chaplin

"Perfect love is the most beautiful

 of all frustrations 

because it is more than

 one can express."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

My Pain May Be The Reason For Somebody's Laugh. - Charlie Chaplin

"My pain may be the reason 

for somebody's laugh.
But my laugh must never

 be the reason for 

somebody's pain."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

Life Is A Tragedy When Seen In Close-up, But A Comedy In Long-shot -- Charlie Chaplin

"Life is a tragedy 

when seen in close-up, 

but a comedy in long-shot."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

To Truly Laugh, You Must Be Able To Take Your Pain, And Play With It - CharlieChaplin

"To truly laugh, 

you must be able to 

take your pain, 

and play with it."

----- Charlie Chaplin

Failure Is Unimportant, It Takes Courage To Make A Fool Of Yourself --- Charlie Chaplin

"Failure is unimportant.

 It takes courage to make 

a fool of yourself".

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

You'll Find That LifeIs Still Worthwhile, If You Just Smile -- Charlie Chaplin

"You'll find that life is still worthwhile, 

if you just smile."

----- Charlie Chaplin

I'm Sorry, But I Don't Want To Be An Emperor -- Charlie Chaplin

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. 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. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. 

The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. 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. The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.

 The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. 

Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise. Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
----- Charlie Chaplin

We Think Too Much And Feel Too Little -- Charlie Chaplin

"We think too much and

 feel too little."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

Nothing Is Permanent In This Wicked World, Not Even Our Troubles -- Charlie Chaplin

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world,

 not even our troubles."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

A Man's True Character Comes Out When He's Drunk -- Charlie Chaplin

"A man's true character comes out

 when he's drunk."

 

----- Charlie Chaplin

You'll Never Find A Rainbow, If You're Looking Down - Charlie Chaplin

"You'll never find a rainbow

 if you're looking down"

----- Charlie Chaplin

Life Is A Beautiful Magnificent Thing, Even To A Jellyfish - Charles Chaplin

Life is a beautiful magnificent thing,

 even to a jellyfish.

----- Charles Chaplin

We All Want To Help One Another, Human Beings Are Like That

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.

Smile Every Chance You Get, Not Because Life Has Been Easy

Smile every chance you get.  

Not because life has been easy, 

perfect, or exactly as you had anticipated, 

but because you choose to be happy 

and grateful for all the good things

 you do have and all the problems 

you know you don’t have.

Spread Love Everywhere You Go -- Mother Teresa

"Spread love everywhere 

you go. Let no
one ever leave you 

without leaving
happier"

-- Mother Teresa

What Keeps you Going

Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keeps You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!

Millionaire and 3 Beggars

There was a good-natured millionaire in the town. Three beggars thought of approaching him for help.

The first man went to the millionaire and said: "O Boss! I want five rupees. Please give me." The millionaire was taken aback at this man's impudence. "What! You demand five rupees from me as though I owe you the money! How dare you? How can I afford to give five rupees to a single beggar? Here, take these two rupees and get away," he said. The man went away with the two rupees.

The next beggar went to the millionaire and said: "Oh Boss! I have not taken a square meal for the past ten days. Please help me."

"How much do you want?" asked the millionaire.

"Whatever you give me," replied the beggar.

"Here, take this ten rupee note. You can have nice food for at least three days." The beggar walked away with the ten rupee note.

The third beggar came. "Oh Boss, I have heard about your noble qualities. Therefore, I have come to see you. Men of such charitable disposition are verily the manifestations of God on earth," he said.

"Please sit down," said the millionaire. "You appear to be tired. Please take this food," he said, and offered food to the beggar.

"Now please tell me what I can do for you."

"Oh Boss," replied the beggar; "I merely came to meet such a noble personage that you are. You have given me this rich food already. What more need I get from you? You have already shown extraordinary kindness towards me. May God bless you!"

But the millionaire, struck by the beggar's spirit, begged of the beggar to remain with him, built a decent house for him in his own compound, and looked after him for the rest of his life.

God is like this good millionaire. Three classes of people approach Him, with three different desires and prayers. There is the greedy man full of vanity, full of arrogance, full of desires. He demands the objects of worldly enjoyment from God. Since this man, whatever be his vile desires, has had the good sense to approach God, He grants him some part of the desired objects (even these very soon pass away, just as the two rupees the first beggar got are spent before nightfall).

The other type of devotee prays to the Lord for relief from the sufferings of the world, but is better than the first one, in as much as he is ready to abide by His Will. To him the Lord grants full relief from suffering, and bestows on him much wealth and property.

The third type he merely prays to the Lord: "O Lord, Thou art Existence-Absolute, Knowledge-Absolute, Bliss-Absolute, etc., etc." What does he want? Nothing. But the Lord is highly pleased with his spirit of renunciation, of desirelessness and of self-surrender. Therefore, He makes him eat His own food, I.e., He grants this man Supreme Devotion to Himself. Over and above this, He makes the devotee to live in His own House For ever afterwards this devotee dwells in the Lord's Abode as a Liberated Sag

Give Life to Your Dreams

How many times have you told yourself that you can't? How many times have you put your most treasured dreams aside and sought refuge in flimsy excuses?
You deserve much better. Your dreams are yours for a very good reason and they deserve to be given life.

Yes, you do have those dreams, though you may have chosen to hide them even from yourself. And yes, you can make them real.

Stop being so busy posing for the world and take a moment to remember the things that are truly important to you. Those things point, clearly and directly, to your most valuable dreams.

Is it frivolous and selfish to follow those dreams? No, what is truly selfish would be to keep them forever hidden from life.

There is so very much you have to give by being the best of who you are. And the more of it you give, the more real fulfillment you will know.

Give life to your dreams. And give your dreams to life.

To Laugh Often And Love Much

To laugh often and love much;
To win the respect of intelligent person
and the affection of children;
To earn the approval of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give off one's self without the
slighest thought of return;
To have accomplised a task, whether
by a healthy child, a rescued soul,
a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with
Enthusiasm and sung with exaltation;
To know that even one life has breathed
easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded...

Author unknown

Three Simple Rules In Life

1. If you do not go
after what you want,
you will never have it. 

 
2. If you don't ask,
 the answer will
always be no. 

3. If you do not step
 forward, you
will always be in
 the same place.

Don’t Wait For The Perfect Moment, Take the Moment And Make It Perfect

Don’t wait for the
perfect moment.
Take the moment
and make it
perfect.

-- Unknown

Heaven Must Be Really Small, Because I Can See It In My Mom's Eyes

Heaven must be really small,
because i can see it in
my MOM's eyes.

-- Unknown

Do What You Love To Do and Give it Your Very Best

Do what you love to do
        and give it your very best.
        Whether it's business or baseball,
        or the theater, or any field.
         If you don't love what you're doing
         and you can't give it your best,
        get out of it. Life is too short.
        You'll be an old man before you know it.


    ---Al Lopez

A Simple Way To Groom A Child is To Let Him Experience Some Hardships - Short Story

The owner of a farm asked his child to work everyday at the farm.

 His friend said to him: “You do not have to make your son work so hard. The crops would grow just as good."

 Owner of the farm replied: “I am not cultivating my crops, but my child."
Moral of the story:

 1. A simple way to groom a child is to let him experience some hardships.
2. If not cut, jade would not turn into useful ware. 

I love People Who Make Me Laugh -- Audrey Hepburn

“I love people
who make me laugh.
I honestly think it's
the thing I like most,
 to laugh.
 It cures a multitude
of ills.
It's probably the most
important thing in a
 person.”

--Audrey Hepburn.

Yes I've made mistakes, Life didn't come with Instructions

Yes
I've made mistakes.

Life didn't come

with instructions.

- Unknown