I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.

Let the dataset change your mindset

Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].

I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees.

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

The business of business is relationships the business of life is human connection.

I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us!

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

Everyone deals with adversity. It's how you bounce back from it.

Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.

[I]nside every computer, there is a hidden man being bored.

We all get self-centered.

Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.

It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.

If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.