You change the world by being yourself.
People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves the image has nothing t...
Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.
Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many p...
If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.
In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as th...
When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because th...
The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.
When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things t...
What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.