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You hold onto religion, you know,
by Bono

You hold onto religion, you know,
rules, regulations, traditions.
I think what God is interested in
is people's hearts, and that's hard enough.
- Bono

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I don't believe that imagining is enough.
- Bono

The more you know the less you feel.
- Bono

The more you see the less you know.
- Bono

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To carry each other is not a burden at all
but a kind of privilege.
- Bono

Objectivity is the cure for depression.
- Bono

Grace defies reason and logic.
- Bono

This is our moment, this is our time.
- Bono

I'm not on this trip as a tourist.
- Bono

Above all else, my inspiration is friendship.
- Bono

You either do it completely and utterly,
or you should stop doing it.
- Bono (paraphrase)

We thought that we had the answers,
it was the questions we had wrong.
- Bono

Dream up the world you want to live in. Dream out loud.
- Bono

I'm actually starting to like more and more people
who have convictions that are unpopular.
-Bono

The less you know, the more you believe.
- Bono

Don't lie down. Get up.
- Bono

I actually enjoy being out of my depth - I thrive on it.
- Bono

With manners comes insincerity.
Truth is sometimes difficult.
- Bono

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not.
- Bono

Religion often gets in the way of God.
- Bono

The right to be irresponsible is a right I hold dear.
- Bono

I feel exuberant. I don't pretend.
- Bono

My children have made me more aggressive about the world
that they're about to inhabit.
- Bono

Inspire people to do things for themselves.
Inspire people to think for themselves.
- Bono

I don't believe in wishful thinking.
- Bono

I'm a very loyal and unreliable friend.
- Bono

Religion can be the enemy of God.
- Bono

I think wholeness is God's design for us;
and that often amounts to embracing contradictions.
- Bono

God's Spirit moves through us and the world
at a pace that can never be constricted
by any one religious paradigm.
I love that.
- Bono

I love this work I do.
It's a privilege to serve the poor.
- Bono

The world is more malleable than you think
and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
- Bono

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
- Bono

Music can change the world because it can change people.
- Bono

Books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
- Bono

To be one, to be united is a great thing.
But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
- Bono

I'm not religious at all,
but I believe in God very strongly.
- Bono

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong,
who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
- Bono

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing.
Get involved in what God is doing -
because it's already blessed.
- Bono

I want to have fun, and I want to change the world.
I have a chance to do both.
- Bono

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

It's hard to believe, hard to be a believer,
when you see the way the things are in the world.
But I am a believer!
- Bono

I am still amazed at how big, how enormous
a love and mystery God is -
and how small are the minds
that attempt to corral
this life force into rules and taboos,
cults and sects.
- Bono

You have to open yourself up,
you have to be raw;
and you have to reveal yourself,
and sometimes it's very difficult.
- Bono

Everywhere I look, I see the evidence of a creator.
But I don't see it as religion,
which has cut Irish people in two.
I don't see Jesus Christ as being
in any part of a religion.
Religion to me is almost like when God leaves -
and people devise a set of rules to fill the space.
- Bono

As a rock star, I have two instincts,
I want to have fun, and I want to change the world.
I have a chance to do both.
- Bono

Love interrupts, if you like,
the consequences of your actions,
which in my case is very good news indeed,
because I've done a lot of stupid stuff.
- Bono

There are righteous people working
in a whole rainbow of belief systems -
from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters
to charismatic Catholics.
- Bono

The Spirit is described in the Holy Scriptures
as much more anarchic than any established religion credits.
- Bono

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this,
but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
- Bono

There are colors and feelings and emotional terrain
that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
- Bono

You are never too old to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton

Whatever you do, you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon,
there is always someone to tell you
that you are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising
that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

How do you want to be remembered?
Live life full out - Begin today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Choose the World You See,
and See the World You Choose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is the friends you can call up at 4 A.M. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Faith is taking the first step,
even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha

This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
Thank you, that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart

You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen

If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey

You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Would you rather be right or happy?
- A Course in Miracles

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You hold onto religion, you know,
by Bono