We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.

We accept the need to train extensively to fly a plane; but think instinct should be enough for marrying and raising kids.

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

It should not be Illiers-Combray that we visit: a genuine homage to Proust would be to look at our world through his eyes, not look at his world through our eyes.