It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.
BonoRead
At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that God values actions over mere offerings or prayers.
Bono expresses the idea that faith and spirituality are not just about giving or performing rituals, but rather about taking meaningful actions that reflect one's beliefs and values. It encourages individuals to actively engage in their faith through tangible deeds rather than solely relying on traditional acts of worship or charity.
Themes
ActionFaithSpiritualityDeedsGod
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote in a speech about community service to emphasize the importance of taking action.
More from Bono
All quotes βPerspective is the cure for depression.
BonoRead
It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?'
BonoRead
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.
BonoRead
Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.
BonoRead
Until it's on the radio or online, it's not real. With U2, our album isn't finished until it's in the stores.
BonoRead
Similar quotes
Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death?
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRead
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
Marcus AureliusRead
Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.
Fyodor DostoevskyRead
A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.
Martin HeideggerRead
There is a door. It opens. Then it is closed. But a slip of light stays, like a scrap of unreadable paper left on the floor, or the one red leaf the snow releases in March
Jane HirshfieldRead
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history.
Jared DiamondRead