We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature — or go insane. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Hermann Traub from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Virtude from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life — doing the wrong thing at the right moment. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) / (From a scene in Monsieur Verdoux.) (Image by John Hain from… More »
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Momentmal from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. // – Ono no Komachi (c.825 – c.900); trans. by Donald Keene [ドナルド・キーン] (1922… More »
![IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/candle-1285146_640-200x132.jpg)
What is the nation’s treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation’s treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation’s treasure; the… More »
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… More »
できれば皆さんを助けたい。ユダヤ人であってもなくても、肌の色が黒くても白くても、私たちは皆互いに助け合いたいと願う、人間とはそういうものです。私たちは互いの幸せによって生きたい、互いの悲惨さによってではありません。私たちは互いを憎み軽蔑したいわけではないのです。そしてこの世界には皆さん一人ひとりの生きる場所がちゃんとあって、善き地球は豊かに、皆さん全員に供給できるのです。 – チャーリー・チャップリン［サー・チャールズ・スペンサー・チャップリン］ (1889 – 1977) / (『（チャップリンの）独裁者』での最後のスピーチから。) (579020によるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
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. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer… More »
私たちは考えることが多すぎて、感じることが少なすぎます。私たちに必要なのは、機械（の便利さ）よりも人間らしさです。賢さよりも、優しさや穏やかさなのです。これらの資質がなければ、人生は暴力的なものになり、全てが失われるでしょう。 – チャーリー・チャップリン［サー・チャールズ・スペンサー・チャップリン］ (1889 – 1977) / (『（チャップリンの）独裁者』での最後のスピーチから。) (Jordan HolidayによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Harm set, harm get. [Harm watch, harm catch.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/psycho-2952528_640-100x75.png)
