Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It’s easy.
There’s nothing you can make that can’t be made.
No one you can save that can’t be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time – It’s easy.
All you need is love, love is all you need.
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Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.
Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.
Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty. Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was one of the founding members of The Beatles
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tx God to know you mr. coelhoe, one of my inspirator and motivator in this cyber world, please keep giving and sharing us positive words everyday, may God bless u always, anything happened for a reason
ah!!! e eu sou apaixonada por essa foto :)
meu trecho favorito, da minha música favorita… e adivinha? ele é meu Beatle favorito :) EU AMO Lennon! Só isso. Como eu gostaria de ter podido dar um abraço nele! (eu tenho essas esquisitices de querer abraçar pessoas que admiro, quer sejam conhecidas ou totalmente anônimas)
obrigada com todo meu coração <3
xxx
Grande Lennon! Palavras que marcam a vida de todos os guerreiros da luz. Não podemos sonhar sozinhos.
Querido Paulo Coelho, peço licença para fazer um comentário sobre a Copa aqui.
Argentina deu uma grande lição de verdadeiro amor ao futebol.
Nós brasileiros ganhamos a Copa das Confederações e a Copa América.Perdemos de 2 a 1 na Copa do Mundo, e o Dunga (que é um vencedor, um guerreiro) é massacrado, esculachado e os jogadores também. Erros acontecem, mas tudo que fizeram de bom foi esquecido com essa derrota.
Já a Argentina (que perdeu para nós na Copa América), e perdeu de 4 X 0, recebeu sua seleção e seu técnico Maradona com festa e palavras de apoio.
A torcida brasileira tem muito que aprender com a torcida da Argentina.
Amar na vitória é fácil, amar na derrota é só para os verdadeiros vencedores. Como vc diz, Bravo Argentina!
Beijos, Deus te ilumine Guerreiro!
“love is free,free is love.love is living,to be loved”-who else can utter those words than lenon.thank you sir to remind us of him once again……
Love is all you need..
and it’s real!
always loved the genius he put in his songs and the beatles’!
one of my all time favorite quotes came from him. “life is what happens while you are busy making other plans”.
true enough, we fail to recognize the essential when our minds are distracted by the world which mostly caters things that are superficial.
sometimes we just have to stay still to feel how it’s like to truly live.
So many immortal songs and sentences… ” All we need is love”.
Tantas cancoes e frases imortais ” Tudo que precisamos eh amor”
“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem” yup! but that’s the problem of most of the people in the world…..
can’t we dream of peace together to make it reality?
AMEN!
I love this guy. He is one of my spiritual leaders – along with Paulo and a few others. As I am the owner of a bunch of unruly dogs, Cesar Millan is also rapidly becoming a spiritual leader!xxx I love the characters you hilight Paulo. Spot on!
Dearest Coelho,
you motivate and inspire.thanks so much for sharing.each day, when i am looking for some answers it is like a prayer answered that i see your posts.very motivating and convincing and inspiring replies as though they were prayers answered for unheard worries.
thankyou.
with prayers and regards,
blueapple.
“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans” ~ very true, I copy this quote many times. thank you for sharing John Lennon, Mr. Paulo Ceolho :)
lennon sin duda un leyenda viva por mucho,mucho tiempo y en mi decendencia estara presente su legado.todo mi respeto y admiracion para ustd coelho mil bendiciones
thanks paulo
Was just talking about John Lennon over this 4th of July holiday. Actually considered the name Lennon for both my sons but it didn’t happen. There’s a GREAT documentary on Netflix called IMAGINE about his life. Lots of unexpected interviews and footage. I highly recommend it!
ahhh, john lennon…..
hmmm, the sixties …
I had in high school an “old” music teacher (she was in her thirties :o)). She worked on her thesis: development of rock music. So, we learned the development of rock from: (1) african music, (2) the first type of jazz sung by the slaves in the field, (3) new orleans, …, Beatles. what a treasure to learn about the development of this music and the lyrics.
she told us so much about the importance of the development of this kind of music …
then she told us how she went to rock concert… at this time, we just rolled our eyes (she was tooo old for this…)
what a memory.
music and poetry is what john lennon is all about. my adolescent years witnessed what this brilliant man gave to the world.. a musical genius, his legacy and memory will live on and on long after he was gone.. mr. coelho, thank you so much!
I loved John Legend, long before I met the legend. He existed before my time, but he felt a part of my Soul. I meat him in my dreams, long before my conception in my mommy’s womb. He existed outside of the box, an under-valued asset to the movement of a waking conscious.
I met him in my dreams. And I am glad. And proud. Regarded as insane? Well lick me up and throw away the key then, ’cause I never want to be sane again!
Jah Bless!
True!
We are ruled by those who cannot understand those who can think!!!!
the cry of ages is so.
Where are we going to?
Why can’t we have pluralistic approach to anything and spread love and peace to all, every being.
And leave the idea of punishment and reward to God?
Warrior of Light..and we all shine on!
Doing those things which make our make heart happy,which helps connect to the supreme God gives name fame and ultimate satisfaction and that should be the aim of life!
Always try to maintain that communication with the Universal Supreme !
I was fifteen when he was tragically and violently taken from us. Although I knew of the Beatles, on that day John’s life and his music opened up to me. And he’s been in my heart and a part of my life ever since…
Kia
Thank you for posting this! I heard “All You Need Is Love” 2 weeks ago, was mesmerized by its poignancy and timeless freshness, and thought, “I really must learn more about John Lennon.” Perfect timing :-)
With gratitude,
Cassendre
John Lennon stands for the era that truly explored love and care. Paulo has a right person chosen as the character ofthe week.
OK, now this is great. This afternoon as I was traveling home on the train I was listening to music as I was observing the differnt types of people around me. I’m always fasinated and at the same time deeply moved with all the…saddness, loniless,confusion,arrogance and indifference taking place around me. John Lennon’s wonderful song suddenly came on. I wanted to start singing in front of all these people, as nutty as I am! I didn’t…I think I must have kind of smiled to myself though. And you know what happened? Some strangers sitting around me must have noticed something, because they looked at me and kind of smiled back. As John Lennon wrote and sung, “It’s easy”…
Genius……
I love you Joh, thanks Paulo
“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So, I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons, it all exist, even if it’s in your mind..
Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”
whenever I get in contact with this particular legind, in his songs, films, quotes or interviews, I can’t help feeling like a 5-year old child, RIP John Lennon, you’ll never be forgotten…
Great Character! Thank You, Paulo, for sharing this!
Amo a Lennon!
y te amo a ti!
:)
Gracias por tus letras, cuando leí Verónica dejé de intentar encajar en este mundo desbaratado! :)
paz!
It is very common to hear that old adage “When I see it with my own eyes, I will believe it” I prefer the saying “If you believe it, you will see it”
love and peace xx
Love and peace are eternal.
Yes, I do believe.
beautiful words!!
“It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”
The human brain can not distinguish between reality and fantasy!!!!!!
Visualization is powerful…
Thanks for posting this Paulo…
Love// Sari
John Lennon has said so many beautiful and wise things. I’m happy to see he is character of the week on here. Huge admirer :)
felt like sharing this:
To Sunshine (thanks for last night)
Yeah I’m dreaming now
you touched me and drew me in
every moment of my day you seem to have gotten in
injecting everything with my thoughts of you causing chaos setting up everything in one crazy love driven spin
Yup, I definetely must be dreaming now
the rational path I walked real strict I avoided emotion for the damage it inflicts
In the realm of the heart I was a convict soulsick out of it working hard in solitude out of fear for the alternative surrounded by a wall everincreasing in bricks
But then you made me dream somehow
and now there’s a common dream and slowly, softly, gently the dream revives life’s everything driving doubt and guiltridden nightmares out
whatever be the outcome the rational path is dreary and boring compared to the heart’s route
How inspiring.
So John Lennon is a spiritual musician, after all. Not a stereotypical one, though :)
“Instead of believing, knowing, that each of us is an entire orchestra most of us believe we are only the flute. We listen to idle gossip of a friend, follow the lead of so-called leaders, fit our lives into a mold that was not of our making, tuck our dreams into our pockets, and hope for better things to come.” Gilliand
Thank the heavens that John Lennon did not fall into this trap. Decca Records told his musical group that guitars were on their way out and their hair was too long. The great thing about John Lennon and the Beatles is that they had determined their own worth before they were dealt these blows and decided to be different, and proved to Decca and the world that being different doesn’t make one wrong; it just makes one different.
I continue to be amazed with each new thing I learn about John Lennon and sent an immense thank you through the Universe to him for his example and teachings.
“Just as thoughts, ideas, demands, and influences of others have guided, controlled, and directed most of our lives in the past, it is the personal control of our own minds that now gives us a chance to change our futures for ourselves.” Gilliand
Break through the wall that stands between you and anything you would like to change or achieve. It’s in you; allow yourself the will to do it.
Once again, thank you John Lennon and thank you Paulo for another worthy choice of character.
Sending love your way. ((((( )))))))
who is this gilliand?
Go,go,go,said the bird:human kind cannot bear very much reality.(T.S.Eliot).
Querido Paulo
Acabo de terminar de leer el primer capítulo de El Aleph. Gracias a Dios el portugués y el español son en extremo parecidos… Puedo sentir ,apreciar que es fascinante…Paulo ¿estamos obligados a quedarnos junto a personas que siempre han estado ahí , pero con quienes no conectamos sólo por deber…? Mi alma está siendo probada, yo ya pedí perdón , pero ese perdón no fue bienvenido ni aceptado. No quiero ser maldecida y presiento que esta semana lo voy a ser, pero no puedo evitarlo, mi alma ya está bien lejos de aquí…
te quiero..
Adriana
Любовь.Юрий Олеша.
not a big fan..may he rip
His words wise and consequently so true.. he will always live in our hearts..
vero! un sogno che si sogna da soli e’ un sogno…un sogno che si sogna in molti e’ la realta’…..adoro sognare,non costa nulla, mi rende libera ,viaggio per luoghi infiniti* non sopporto chi distrugge l’anima del sognatore….non sopporto la cattiveria gratuita,NON SOPPORTO CHI REPUTA SOGNARE IMMATURO….GRAZIE SOGNO* come sempre SUERTE*
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination – So true..
there are two songs i loved as a child that my father introduced to and they equally gave me a sense of ‘peace’ and tranquility and hope, and helped me manage with the world when i was not ok with it.. So I used to hum them when i was sad or angry or when something distrurbed me or before i went to bed.. and reality was transformed in a beautiful place where my imagination was the ruler, i was taken to a beautiful place where fairies exist, where lakes sing, where waterfalls and rainbows intermix and that was ‘my’ reality back then.. now if i hum these songs, i am overwhelmed by this feeling again, and i am more centered when all other things are in chaos..
the 2 songs: the one is Imagine by Lennon and the other is “What a wonderful world” by Armstrong..
thank you dearest Paulo for this and all you Wols that make the world a more beautiful place to live in..
Love and Gratitude
Annie
He was a true, free, creative spirit who followed his intuition and his dreams and thereby creating true art, music that will always be listened to. His art has proven to conquer the test of time, because it came from a spiritual origin in the first place.
I am surprised by his wise words, I love the way he think.
The last phrase is wonderful, ” A dream you dream together is reality. ”We can change the world toghether.
And also I think he is right when he says that no one can say thaty a dream is less real that the things we consider so.
I love and agree with everything he says.
Cheers Lennon!
I love his music and the Beatles.
I love You.
Love
xxoo
John Lennon ,
Uma multidão…contrariedades da vontade do pensamento…
mitologia e magia pairavam sobre ele…a intensidade da dor e da emoção…a coisa real e a fabilidade de nossas proprias percepções…adição e subtração até o fim da existência… ré bemol num mundo profano …nada jamais vai superar seu brilho, nem a intensidade da escuridão …
God (by Lennon ) não acredito em magía…não acredito em
I Ching …não acredito em bíblia…não acredito em tarot..
não acredito em Hitler …não acredito em Kennedy…não acredito em Buda…não acredito em Mantra…não acredito em Gitã…não acredito em yoga…não acredito em reis…não acredito em Elvis…não acredito em Zimmermann…não acredito nos Beatles …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0Eyw3l3XM
You may think I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one…
IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel proud I belong to that .. dreaming, hippies’ generation. The time of making love and not WAR. ;-]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
And those words made a lot,lot of sense!I love him a lot,always loved him.Nice choice.
LoveX
Steve Gilliand
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