“We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.”

My happiest days are those in which I do good work.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Let us try to understand each other’s problems, for in modern warfare there is no victory.

We think too much and feel too little.

People’s affection hurts me but it’s a beautiful pain.

One cannot do humour without a great sympathy for one’s fellow man.

What a sad business, being funny.

Simplicity is not a simple thing.

Let’s call them years of a friendly misalliance.

The world cannot be wrong if in this world there’s you.

My costume helps me to express my conception of the average man, of almost any man, of myself.

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.

I am an artist. I am interested in life.

I see no tragedy in the loneliness of old age, only the convenience of it.

Art was an additional emotion applied to skillful technique.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

Sometimes a little brain damage can help.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

It’s important in life if you don’t give a shit. It can help you a lot.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

If you don’t plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.