John Lennon Quotes

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

Real human purpose in life is to realise self. I am on the path to spirituality, to realise my inner self.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

I think I can be spiritual, and I can feel that I want to live well, I want to do things that I'm proud of, and I think that's important. Now, do I need a church to tell me that? Actually, no, I don't.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.

I believe in God, but even if you don't, you can believe in a self, the person who is innately who you are. Once you fully become that person, then everything you do will be blessed.

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

The final goal of all human endeavor is the development of the human soul.

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.

I want people to find their inner depth.

When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I'm capable enough to handle any situation. There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and [that] I'm responsible.