John Lennon

John Lennon

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John Lennon, an English musician and activist, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Their thinking spans from Love to Peace, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Discover 42 of John Lennon's most memorable quotes, ranging across Love, Peace, God, Life, and Society. Among their most shared lines: "Love is the flower you've got to let grow."

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“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”

— John Lennon

Imagination

All Quotes by John Lennon

“And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.”

— John Lennon

God

“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.”

— John Lennon

Change

“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.”

— John Lennon

Peace

“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.”

— John Lennon

God

“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.”

— John Lennon

Society

“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.”

— John Lennon

God

“All you need is love.”

— John Lennon

Love

“God is a concept by which we measure our pain.”

— John Lennon

God

“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.”

— John Lennon

Hope

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”

— John Lennon

Time

“Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.”

— John Lennon

God

“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.”

— John Lennon

Love

“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?”

— John Lennon

Dreams

“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”

— John Lennon

Peace

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”

— John Lennon

Imagination

“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.”

— John Lennon

Love

“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”

— John Lennon

Life

“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, mate.”

— John Lennon

God

“Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.”

— John Lennon

Music

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”

— John Lennon

Peace