I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them. Bono More Quotes by Bono More Quotes From Bono I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that. Bono serious wish trying Perspective is the cure for depression. Bono cures perspective Whenever I see grace, I’m moved. Bono moved grace God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them. Bono mother inspirational children Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle - and not just in the sense of money, by the way. The Beatles are untouchable. That’s just a joke. Bono untouchables boys way The job of art is to chase ugliness away. Bono consciousness jobs art Laughter is eternity if joy is real. Bono laughter real joy The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart. Bono greed color heart You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It's a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one. You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life...but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what's missing. Bono cutting loss song If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting. Bono music song inspire Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it Bono christian doe jesus As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways. Bono views heart believe God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion. Bono tiny might ideas Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. Bono dad overcoming today You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time. Bono knowing-god company kids Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it. Bono rock-n-roll rocks music I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way. Bono sunday mother father Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later? Bono poverty despair enemy We can't fix all problems but we must fix the ones we can Bono problem The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian. Bono powerful christian ideas
