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

You need a long hard day's work to reveal the logic of the craving for very bad tv and alcohol.

What should worry us is not the number of people that oppose us, but how good their reasons are for doing so.

As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.

Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions.

The problem isn't so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice.

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.