Differ though we might with Christianity's view of what precisely our souls need, it is hard to discredit the provocative underlying thesis, which seems no less relevant in the secular realm than in the religious one-that we have within us a precious, childlike, vulnerable core which we should nourish and nurture on its turbulent journey through life.

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.

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

Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.