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

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

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.

It is typically Norwegian to be good

Most people would instantly start feeling ten years older if someone were to convince them that they were actually born a decade before their birthdate.

Let us trust the power of love.

Even among the ugliness of evil that resonated throughout the green hills and flowering landscape, Northbrook was simply breathtaking to those who took the time to appreciate it.

Don’t be defined by someone else’s definition of you.

I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.

Shop smarter and shop less. But please don't let that dissuade you from engaging in campaigns to make real lasting change.

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

The gray has gone away. I am living in bright Technicolor.

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.