Yoko Ono Quotes - Page 5

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

You have to release your emotion in order to keep your sanity.

My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.

Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know.

Bless you for your jealousy; it is a sign of empathy.

Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.

The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.

Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.

Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.

Real success is doing things right every day by not forgetting to express love to your friends.

And the more you are active about something you love, the world is going to be a better place.

You are beautiful. Don't ever think you are not. It may be such a compliment that does not come from a man too often. They are shy, proud, and rude. Give yourself some love. And walk as what you are - a beautiful woman. All your life.

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

Faces can lie. Backsides can't.

I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.

These days, DJ's are the ones who are bringing fresh sounds to the music world. In fact, they are creating a new spatial music. They are the space transformers of the universe.

I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them.