Quotes from Charlie Chaplin

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

As long as men die, liberty will never parish.

The kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you!

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

The building is a special place because of its architecture, ... But it's people who make it special by participating in it.

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain; millions a hero. Numbers sanctify.

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.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

[The tramp character:] A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

Why should poetry have to make sense?

I am known in parts of the world by people who have never heard of Jesus Christ.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles (Worries)

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.