Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.

The line plays on the double meaning of “live in the world”: first as physical location (the accident of birthplace or residence), and second as full participation in modern life—opportunity, mobility, education, health, and a voice in global affairs. Attributed to Bono, it aligns with his long-running advocacy on poverty, debt relief, and access to medicines, arguing that geography should not predetermine one’s life chances. The aphorism condenses a moral claim about global inequality into a memorable paradox: borders and circumstances may shape experience, but they should not dictate whether someone can truly flourish within the shared human world.