John Lennon Quotes

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 on watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do , Something you are, And something you give away

...Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans...

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap.

Please don’t spoil my day; I’m miles away and, after all, I’m only sleeping.

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.

You know life can be long
And you got to be so strong
And the world is so tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough

I want you to make love, not war — I know you've heard it before.

Sometimes you wonder, I mean really wonder.

I know we make our own reality, and we always have a choice, but how much is preordained? Is there always a fork in the road, and are there two preordained paths that are equally preordained? There could be hundreds of paths where one could go this way or that way — there's a chance, and it's very strange sometimes.

When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

You can't keep quiet about anything that's going on in the world, unless you're a monk. Sorry, monks! I didn't mean it!

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.