Quotes from Bono

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

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.

The great gifts of models are not that they're more beautiful than the next person, it's that they're able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.

Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world.

Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.

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

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.

Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

I don't let my religious world get too complicated.

I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

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.

Religion to me almost like when God leaves – and people devise a set of rules to fill in the space.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.

When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.

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

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.

I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did - or did not do - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.