"If you want peace, you won't get..." - Quote by John Lennon
If you want peace, you won't get it with violence.
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“We went to America a few times and [Brian] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam. So there came a time when George [Harrison] and I said 'Listen, when they ask next time, we're going to say we don't like that war and we think they should get right out.' That's what we did.”
“We need to love ourselves first in All our glory and imperfections”
“I don't purchase records. I do enjoy listening to things like Japanese folk music or Indian music.”
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“Radiate an energy of serenity and peace so that you have an uplifting effect on those you come into contact with.”
“We seek the elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.”
“Far away beyond the pine-woods,' he answered, in a low dreamy voice, 'there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold, crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.”
More on Violence
“Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.”
“No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.”
“I have rarely talked to anyone about my mother, for I believe that I am capable of killing a person, without hesitation, who happened to make the wrong kind of remark about my mother. So I purposely don't make any opening for some fool to step into.”