“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”
Also found with the alternative spelling: Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end
Found anonymously on Usenet in 2000 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=alt.support.divorce/gKiyfcAYreo/jjuc6KTu_NAJ. First known attribution to Lennon is from 2011 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=stow-ma-apple-barn/45MNk9KiGsY/vaq6pr8hgI0J.
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Variant: Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end.
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John Lennon 228
English singer and songwriter 1940–1980Related quotes

“Everything really is going to be okay. (And if not okay, then at least comic.)”
Source: Eat, Pray, Love

“I found the secret to life; I'm okay when everything is not okay”
"Upside Down".
Songs
" Charlene Wong: Everything is okay in the end and if it's not okay, it's not the end", in Lifeskate.com (15 December 2008) http://www.lifeskate.com/skate/2008/12/charlene-wong-everything-is-okay-in-the-end-and-if-its-not-okay-its-not-the-end.html
“Everything's going to be okay, even though it's all terribly wrong.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-kyp0PQPZY
Interviews