• SONGS
    • 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
    • 40
    • A CELEBRATION
    • A MAN AND A WOMAN
    • A SORT OF HOMECOMING
    • ACROBAT
    • ALEX DESCENDS INTO HELL FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK
    • ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
    • ALL I WANT IS YOU
    • ALWAYS
    • AMERICAN SOUL
    • ANGEL OF HARLEM
    • ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
    • BAD
    • BEAUTIFUL DAY
    • BIG GIRLS ARE BEST
    • BOOK OF YOUR HEART
    • BREATHE
    • BULLET THE BLUE SKY
    • CALIFORNIA (THERE IS NO END TO LOVE)
    • CEDARS OF LEBANON
    • CEDARWOOD ROAD
    • CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
    • CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE
    • DESIRE
    • DIRTY DAY
    • DISCOTHEQUE
    • DROWNING MAN
    • ELEVATION
    • EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
    • EVERY BREAKING WAVE
    • EXIT
    • FALLING AT YOUR FEET
    • FAST CARS
    • FIRE
    • GET ON YOUR BOOTS
    • GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
    • GLORIA
    • GONE
    • GRACE
    • HAWKMOON 269
    • HEARTLAND
    • HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME
    • I FALL DOWN
    • I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
    • I THREW A BRICK THROUGH A WINDOW
    • I WILL FOLLOW
    • I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT
    • IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS
    • IN A LITTLE WHILE
    • IN GOD'S COUNTRY
    • INTO THE HEART
    • INVISIBLE
    • IRIS (HOLD ME CLOSE)
    • IS THAT ALL?
    • KITE
    • LANDLADY
    • LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
    • LEMON
    • LEVITATE
    • LIGHTS OF HOME
    • LIKE A SONG
    • LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
    • LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT
    • LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IN ITS WAY
    • LOVE IS BLINDNESS
    • LOVE RESCUE ME
    • LUCIFER'S HANDS
    • LUMINOUS TIMES (HOLD ON TO LOVE)
    • MAGNIFICENT
    • MERCY
    • MIRACLE DRUG
    • MISS SARAJEVO
    • MLK
    • MOFO
    • MOMENT OF SURRENDER
    • MYSTERIOUS WAYS
    • NEW YEAR'S DAY
    • NEW YORK
    • NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
    • NUMB
    • OCTOBER
    • ONE
    • ONE TREE HILL
    • OUT OF CONTROL
    • PEACE ON EARTH
    • PLEASE
    • PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
    • RAISED BY WOLVES
    • RED FLAG DAY
    • REJOICE
    • RUNNING TO STAND STILL
    • SALOME
    • SCARLET
    • SECONDS
    • SILVER & GOLD
    • SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT
    • SO CRUEL
    • SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
    • SONG FOR SOMEONE
    • STAND UP COMEDY
    • STARING AT THE SUN
    • STATELESS
    • STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)
    • STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF
    • SUMMER OF LOVE
    • SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
    • SURRENDER
    • SWEETEST THING
    • THE BLACKOUT
    • THE FIRST TIME
    • THE FLY
    • THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU AWAY
    • THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE)
    • THE PLAYBOY MANSION
    • THE SHOWMAN (LITTLE MORE BETTER)
    • THE TROUBLES
    • THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
    • THE WANDERER
    • TOMORROW
    • TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES
    • TRYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD
    • TWILIGHT
    • TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
    • ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)
    • UNKNOWN CALLER
    • UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
    • VERTIGO
    • VOLCANO
    • WAKE UP DEAD MAN
    • WALK ON
    • WALK TO THE WATER
    • WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORLD
    • WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN
    • WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
    • WHITE AS SNOW
    • WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
    • WILD HONEY
    • WINDOW IN THE SKIES
    • WIRE
    • WITH A SHOUT (JERUSALEM)
    • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
    • YAHWEH
    • YOU'RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME
    • ZOO STATION
    • ZOOROPA
  • THEMES
    • ADDICTION
    • BEFORE THE FALL
    • BEING REBORN
    • BETRAYAL
    • BLINDNESS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • BROKEN HEART
    • CHALLENGING CHRIST
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST'S VICTORY
    • CONFESSING INABILITY TO CONNECT TO GOD
    • COVENANT LOVE
    • DANGERS OF RELIGION
    • DESPAIR
    • END OF THE WORLD
    • ENEMIES
    • FEMININE GOD
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOD VIA HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
    • GRACE
    • HEAVEN ON EARTH?
    • HOLLOW HEDONISM
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • LIGHT & DARKNESS
    • LOST & FOUND
    • LOVE IS ALL WE CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
    • LOVE THE HIGHER LAW
    • REDEMPTION
    • RUNNING TO OR AWAY FROM GOD?
    • SEX & SPIRIT
    • SPIRIT IS NOWHERE
    • SPIRIT TEACH ME
    • THE DOOR IS OPEN
    • TRUE TREASURE
  • QUOTES
    • ACCIDENTAL UNIVERSE?
    • ANTI-RELIGION
    • ATHEISM
    • BEING REBORN
    • BIBLE
    • BLESSINGS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST
    • CHRIST'S BIRTH STORY
    • CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS?
    • CHRIST THE SON OF GOD?
    • DAVID & THE PSALMS
    • EQUALITY & JUSTICE
    • ESSENCE MADE MANIFEST
    • FORCE OF LOVE & LOGIC
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOOD & EVIL
    • GRACE & KARMA
    • HEAVEN
    • HOLY SPIRIT
    • HYPOCRISY
    • IDENTIFYING AS A CHRISTIAN
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • INSTINCT
    • LOVE
    • MEETING GOD
    • MUSIC
    • SEX
    • TERRORISM
    • THE POOR
    • TRANSCENDENCE
  • SONGS
    • 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
    • 40
    • A CELEBRATION
    • A MAN AND A WOMAN
    • A SORT OF HOMECOMING
    • ACROBAT
    • ALEX DESCENDS INTO HELL FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK
    • ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
    • ALL I WANT IS YOU
    • ALWAYS
    • AMERICAN SOUL
    • ANGEL OF HARLEM
    • ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
    • BAD
    • BEAUTIFUL DAY
    • BIG GIRLS ARE BEST
    • BOOK OF YOUR HEART
    • BREATHE
    • BULLET THE BLUE SKY
    • CALIFORNIA (THERE IS NO END TO LOVE)
    • CEDARS OF LEBANON
    • CEDARWOOD ROAD
    • CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
    • CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE
    • DESIRE
    • DIRTY DAY
    • DISCOTHEQUE
    • DROWNING MAN
    • ELEVATION
    • EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
    • EVERY BREAKING WAVE
    • EXIT
    • FALLING AT YOUR FEET
    • FAST CARS
    • FIRE
    • GET ON YOUR BOOTS
    • GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
    • GLORIA
    • GONE
    • GRACE
    • HAWKMOON 269
    • HEARTLAND
    • HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME
    • I FALL DOWN
    • I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
    • I THREW A BRICK THROUGH A WINDOW
    • I WILL FOLLOW
    • I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT
    • IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS
    • IN A LITTLE WHILE
    • IN GOD'S COUNTRY
    • INTO THE HEART
    • INVISIBLE
    • IRIS (HOLD ME CLOSE)
    • IS THAT ALL?
    • KITE
    • LANDLADY
    • LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
    • LEMON
    • LEVITATE
    • LIGHTS OF HOME
    • LIKE A SONG
    • LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
    • LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT
    • LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IN ITS WAY
    • LOVE IS BLINDNESS
    • LOVE RESCUE ME
    • LUCIFER'S HANDS
    • LUMINOUS TIMES (HOLD ON TO LOVE)
    • MAGNIFICENT
    • MERCY
    • MIRACLE DRUG
    • MISS SARAJEVO
    • MLK
    • MOFO
    • MOMENT OF SURRENDER
    • MYSTERIOUS WAYS
    • NEW YEAR'S DAY
    • NEW YORK
    • NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
    • NUMB
    • OCTOBER
    • ONE
    • ONE TREE HILL
    • OUT OF CONTROL
    • PEACE ON EARTH
    • PLEASE
    • PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
    • RAISED BY WOLVES
    • RED FLAG DAY
    • REJOICE
    • RUNNING TO STAND STILL
    • SALOME
    • SCARLET
    • SECONDS
    • SILVER & GOLD
    • SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT
    • SO CRUEL
    • SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
    • SONG FOR SOMEONE
    • STAND UP COMEDY
    • STARING AT THE SUN
    • STATELESS
    • STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)
    • STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF
    • SUMMER OF LOVE
    • SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
    • SURRENDER
    • SWEETEST THING
    • THE BLACKOUT
    • THE FIRST TIME
    • THE FLY
    • THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU AWAY
    • THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE)
    • THE PLAYBOY MANSION
    • THE SHOWMAN (LITTLE MORE BETTER)
    • THE TROUBLES
    • THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
    • THE WANDERER
    • TOMORROW
    • TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES
    • TRYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD
    • TWILIGHT
    • TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
    • ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)
    • UNKNOWN CALLER
    • UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
    • VERTIGO
    • VOLCANO
    • WAKE UP DEAD MAN
    • WALK ON
    • WALK TO THE WATER
    • WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORLD
    • WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN
    • WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
    • WHITE AS SNOW
    • WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
    • WILD HONEY
    • WINDOW IN THE SKIES
    • WIRE
    • WITH A SHOUT (JERUSALEM)
    • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
    • YAHWEH
    • YOU'RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME
    • ZOO STATION
    • ZOOROPA
  • THEMES
    • ADDICTION
    • BEFORE THE FALL
    • BEING REBORN
    • BETRAYAL
    • BLINDNESS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • BROKEN HEART
    • CHALLENGING CHRIST
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST'S VICTORY
    • CONFESSING INABILITY TO CONNECT TO GOD
    • COVENANT LOVE
    • DANGERS OF RELIGION
    • DESPAIR
    • END OF THE WORLD
    • ENEMIES
    • FEMININE GOD
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOD VIA HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
    • GRACE
    • HEAVEN ON EARTH?
    • HOLLOW HEDONISM
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • LIGHT & DARKNESS
    • LOST & FOUND
    • LOVE IS ALL WE CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
    • LOVE THE HIGHER LAW
    • REDEMPTION
    • RUNNING TO OR AWAY FROM GOD?
    • SEX & SPIRIT
    • SPIRIT IS NOWHERE
    • SPIRIT TEACH ME
    • THE DOOR IS OPEN
    • TRUE TREASURE
  • QUOTES
    • ACCIDENTAL UNIVERSE?
    • ANTI-RELIGION
    • ATHEISM
    • BEING REBORN
    • BIBLE
    • BLESSINGS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST
    • CHRIST'S BIRTH STORY
    • CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS?
    • CHRIST THE SON OF GOD?
    • DAVID & THE PSALMS
    • EQUALITY & JUSTICE
    • ESSENCE MADE MANIFEST
    • FORCE OF LOVE & LOGIC
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOOD & EVIL
    • GRACE & KARMA
    • HEAVEN
    • HOLY SPIRIT
    • HYPOCRISY
    • IDENTIFYING AS A CHRISTIAN
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • INSTINCT
    • LOVE
    • MEETING GOD
    • MUSIC
    • SEX
    • TERRORISM
    • THE POOR
    • TRANSCENDENCE
Bono's Bible

TERRORISM


We love to create Us and Them. Our thing in U2 is: no Them, only Us. June 23, 2005 ー Interview with Dave Fanning

Zealots often have no love for the world. They’re just getting through it to the next one. It’s a favourite topic. It’s the old cliché: “Eat shit now, pie in the sky when you die.” But I take Christ at his word: “On Earth as it is in Heaven.” 2005 ー Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas

We would like to turn our song into a prayer. And the prayer is that we don't become a monster in order to defeat a monster. That's our prayer tonight. July 21, 2015 ー Live introduction to "Miss Sarajevo" performed in Milan

But you see… people who are open spiritually are open to being manipulated more easily, are very vulnerable. The religious instinct is a very pure one in my opinion. But unless it’s met with a lot of rigor, it’s very hard to control. 2005 ー Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas
  
The coldness of the human heart is the thing that we’re all dealing with, in the wider dangerous sense of the word politics. If you’re talking about 9/11, living in these nervous times, you are dealing with the coldness of the human heart. People who think that ideas are more valuable than people, that’s what that is. April 14, 2005 ー Interview with VH1 Spotlight
 

Most terrorists want to change the world. Well, add eternity to that, and people can go a lot further to pursue their ends. It’s a big prize, isn’t it, eternity?… But of course, this is always a corruption of some holy thesis, whether it's the Koran or the Bible. 2005 ー Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas

In the end, ideas are not worth as much as people. Whenever you meet a philosophy where that is not true, and where ideas are worth more than people, you have to be on your guard. 2005 ー Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas

They hate music, they hate women, they even hate little girls, they hate everything we love. May 23, 2017 ー Interview with Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live!)​​ (Responding to Manchester Bombing of May 22, 2017)

I'm interested in the mentality of violence; terrorism interests me. Because it's the everyday Holocaust of our times. The idea that two IRA men were blown up because they stood too close to the bomb they had set ー because they wanted to see the carnage ー is beyond my understanding, and I'm fascinated by it. Terrorists are ordinary men who have the ability to take the lives of other ordinary men because of the way they see the world. October 8, 1987 ー “Bono: The Rolling Stone Interview” by David Breskin (Rolling Stone)
See Themes
Dangers of Religion

See Quotes
Anti-Religion