12 Quotes Tagged: bono

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.

The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog.
It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog.

At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.

I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church.

Someone has likened prayer to being on a rough sea in a small boat with no oars. All you have is a rope that, somewhere in the distance, is attached to the port. With that rope you can pull yourself closer to God. Songs are my prayers.

Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience

the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power.

Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.