Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

Embrace contradictions for they make upall of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.

Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential "clash of civilizations." I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should always be a last resort.

I only judge people by the depth of their squat.

Hurricane Sandy interrupted Mr. Romney’s momentum and allowed Mr. Obama to look presidential and bipartisan.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.