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

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

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

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

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

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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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

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

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

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

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

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

The more you see the less you know.
- Bono

The more you know the less you feel.
- Bono

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

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

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

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

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

Objectivity is the cure for depression.
- Bono

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

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

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

Above all else, my inspiration is friendship.
- Bono

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

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

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

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

Grace defies reason and logic.
- Bono

Religion can be the enemy of God.
- Bono

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

I'm a very loyal and unreliable friend.
- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Religion often gets in the way of God.
- 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

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

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

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

I don't believe in wishful thinking.
- Bono

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

Don't lie down. Get up.
- Bono

I come from Ireland and I've seen the damage of religious warfare.
I am a believer. I don't wear the badge on the outside
but it is on the inside.
- Bono

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd.
In the past, U2 was trying to duck that.
Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
- Bono

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth
are rotting when I listen to the radio.
- Bono

I'm actually starting to like more and more people
who have convictions that are unpopular.
Now at what point does an unpopular conviction
interfere with your own human rights?
Forced female circumcision, for instance.
The Catholic Church's stance on contraception.
The list goes on. You know, God has some really weird kids,
and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.
- Bono

People should be angry about a lot of things
and the peace-and-love thing
doesn't sit comfortably with me at all.
- Bono

I don't doubt God. I have firm faith absolutely in God.
It's religion I'm doubting.
- Bono

We can, if we get up off our ass, change the world.
- Bono

U2 is an original species...
there are colors and feelings and emotional terrain
that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
- Bono

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only
grow if you are willing to feel awkward and
uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy

Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou

When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus

I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Keep courage. Whatever you do,
do not feel sorry for yourself.
You will win in a great age of opportunity.
- Richard L. Evans

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
- Benjamin Spock

When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while others judge us by what we have already done.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If we don't feel appreciated, we don't feel loved.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is full of beauty. Notice it.
Notice the bumble bee, the small child,
and the smiling faces.
Smell the rain, and feel the wind.
Live your life to the fullest potential,
and fight for your dreams.
- Ashley Smith

To love what you do and feel that it matters,
how on earth could anything be more fun.
- Katherine Graham

When I do good, I feel good.
When I do bad, I feel bad.
That's my religion.
- Abraham Lincoln

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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie