The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap.

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.

You're my friend, Danny. You understand? There's no debt between friends."Maybe it's just that the debt gets so high you stop counting it.

Loneliness will give you the greatest chance of ever having a beautiful relationship with another person.

Our lives are cluttered by complexities and that leads to problems. Genius is the one solves simple problems which seem complicated.

Don’t hold back and save stuff for the next book. Put everything you have into the one you’re writing, - Michael Connelly

With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to myself.

Society ... can afford to grant more than before because its interests have become the innermost drives of its citizens.

I think listening to a lot of Lou Reed when I was a teenager is what encouraged me to just sing however felt good to me.

Jealousy endlessly eats through my mind, and jealously endlessly makes me be unkind.

I ended up rooming in a dorm that was basically a solid wall of female scientists. And every Wednesday, we would all watch "Star Trek: Next Generation."

Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates