trecho do discurso proferido no filme O Grande Ditador, de 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…" (...)
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…" (...)
2 comentários:
"We think too much and feel too little"...Este texto é demasiadamente profundo. Não é apenas um desabafo superficial. Presta atenção a cada linha é um passeio em diversas linhas de pensamento. Profundo como Chaplin foi realmente, e, de tanto, ou nem tanto assim, se mantem atual. A nossa sociedade carece mais de afetividade sim, e muito... Se as diferenças fossem de verdade respeitadas e, com carinho, conseguiríamos viver num mundo sem guerras, das mundiais às caseiras... Muito bom você trazer este texto ao seu blog. Parabéns.
O texto, realmente, toca-nos em profundidade. Cada linha do discurso nos leva a reflexões. Reflexões essas que impedem o inebriar pelo fascínio das conquistas, dinheiro, poder... Tudo tão efêmero! Conduz ao resgate de nossa essência humana, capaz de “respeitar com carinho”.
Gostei muito, beijo, Fabis.
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