Whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved -- for it is God's teaching and not mine.
We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.
Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.
It is typically Norwegian to be good
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.
We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.
The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.
There is nothing more opposed to equality than identity.
When I turned professional, what I was really aiming for was to be in the top 100, try to hold the top 100 for ten years, and just be in the show, and have a nice career. It's more than I could have ever hoped for. I worked awfully hard for it, but there are other people who worked just as hard and didn't get the breaks. I recognized that I've been lucky and being able to live this life that I wanted since a young age. I really went after it with everything that I have and somehow it worked out.
[T]is not all fishing to fish.