There's high, and then there's high, and to get really high--I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high--that's where I'm goin'

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?

Yoko [Ono] was showing me some of these Haiku in the original. The difference between them and Long fellow is immense. Instead of a long flowery poem the Haiku would say 'Yellow flower in white bowl on wooden table' which gives you the whole picture.

You won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.

Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything, but not if you put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don’t expect Carter or Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.

I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead.