Quotes from John Lennon

Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

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.

Love is the Answer. What was the Question?

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything.

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

At one time I was so much involved in the religious bullshit that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness.

We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time.

You're born in pain and pain is what we're in most of the time. And I think that the bigger the pain, the more gods we need.

If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think peace, live peace, and breathe peace and you'll get it as soon as you like.

I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore

I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Violence begets violence, you know. And you can't kill off all the violent people or all the murderers. We'd have to kill off the government.

Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care.

We need to love ourselves first in All our glory and imperfections

Peace and love are eternal.

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

I believe time wounds all heels.

You better get yourself together, darling, and join the human race.

The first drugs I ever took, I was still at art school, with the group - we all took it together - was Benzedrine from the inside of an inhaler.

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love.

Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.

I believe in everything until it's disproved.

What we've got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we'll sink.