Quotes

“We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.” John Lennon

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?” John Lennon

“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

“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.” John Lennon

“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 and peace are eternal.” John Lennon

“Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.” John Lennon

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

“I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!” John Lennon

“It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.” John Lennon

“All you need is love.” John Lennon

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

“I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.” John Lennon

“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.” John Lennon

“Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.” John Lennon

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

“Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.” John Lennon

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

“Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.” John Lennon

“Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.” John Lennon

“The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.” John Lennon

“What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.” Sai Baba

“Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.” Sai Baba

“All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.” Sai Baba

“A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.” Sai Baba

“Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.” Sai Baba

“Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.” Sai Baba

“You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!” Sai Baba

“You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.” Sai Baba

“Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.” Sai Baba