In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Freedom... leads those who have more than they need to share with those who have less

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve higher grades in school and college and have more success in their careers than others. Success depends on the ability to delay gratification, which is precisely what a consumerist culture undermines. At every stage, the emphasis is on the instant gratification of instinct. In the words of the pop group Queen, “I want it all and I want it now.” A whole culture is being infantilised.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.