Thought for Thursday

Thought for Thursday

"The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?" ~John Lennon

Thought for Thursday

George Harrison speaking of the time he started chanting the Hare Krishna mantra:

"I remember we sang it for days, John and I, with ukulele banjos, sailing through the Greek Islands chanting Hare Krishna. Like six hours we sang, because we couldn’t stop once we got going. As soon as we stopped, it was like the lights went out. It went on to the point where our jaws were aching, singing the mantra over and over and over and over and over. We felt exalted; it was a very happy time for us."

Thought for Thursday

"Music's all right John, but you'll never make a living out of it."
John Lennon's Aunt Mimi Smith

Thought for Thursday

"Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. I can never work that out. We're pacifists, but I'm not sure what it means when you're such a pacifist that you get shot. I can never understand that." ~John Lennon

Thought for Thursday

"Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty." ~John Lennon

Thought for Thursday

It matters not
who you love,
where you love,
why you love,
when you love,
or how you love.
It matters only that you love.
~John Lennon





John and his Mom, Julia Lennon (nee Stanley) who died on this day in 1958.