Bono Quotes

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

Don't take your friends for granted or that everyone is going to be OK.

I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

I think one needs a companion at some point in life.

If one is aware and alive, then it is one's relationships that make you live. It makes life worth living.

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

I can understand companionship.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

Everybody needs somebody.

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

How we need another soul to cling to.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.

To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.

Relationships are beautiful, and it's wonderful to find someone you can spend time with and share your life with. But there's also a lot of pressure attached to that. And I think you can't be in a relationship until you have discovered yourself fully.