John Lennon Quotes
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.
You are all geniuses, and you are all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, live peace, and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.
Everything is clearer and open when you're in love.
I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not
When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.
Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role,
is to try and express what we all feel.
Not to tell people how to feel.
Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
When you're drowning, you don't say," I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me," you just scream.
Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.
Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.
You're all geniuses and you're all beautiful. You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace. Think peace, live peace, and breathe peace and you'll get it as soon as you like.
I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any fuckin' whore or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.
Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.
The more I see the less I know for sure.
It matters not
Who you love
Where you love
Why you love
When you love
Or how you love
It matters only that you love.
I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can ... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.
I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
I don't need to go to church. I respect churches because of the sacredness that's been put on them over the years by people who do believe. But I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ.
I really thought that love would save us all.
There are no problems, only solutions.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.. All you need is love.
You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you.
We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.