As I Began to Love Myself…

A poem read by Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday (April 16, 1959), originally written by Kim McMillen:   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...

Julgus avaldada arvamust

Väga tubli tüdruk! Selliste noorte pärast usun ma, et kõik läheb siiski ühiskonnas aegamisi paremaks. Noored ei ole hukas vaid suures osas – vähemalt minu kogemuste põhjal – on tegemist hoopis arukamate ja suurema südamega inimestega kui...

Alan Watts: Acceptance of Death

Now there really isn’t anything radically wrong with being sick or with dying. Who said you’re supposed to survive? Who gave you the idea that it’s a gas to go on and on and on? And we can’t say that it’s a good thing for everything to go on living. In a very simple...

The Great Dictator’s Speech

The Great Dictator (1940) – 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 –...