In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

Adelaide is becoming a hub for higher education.

All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.

Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.

As the Internet of things advances, the very notion of a clear dividing line between reality and virtual reality becomes blurred, sometimes in creative ways.

The idea of entrepreneurship applies as much in politics, religion, society and the arts as it does in business.

The biggest barrier to dealing with climate change is us: our own attachment to habits that are hard to shift, and our great ability to park or ignore uncomfortable choices.

Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.

Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

All innovation is about letting go, saying goodbye to things to create space for the new.

It is that we are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love.

Our reaction and attitude to persecution will determine if we are really ready for big things or not

I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.

I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.

The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy.

A superficial education would be worse than none. But a full education would open every man's eyes to the nature of human existence.

Of all facial expressions, which is the worst to have aimed at you? Wouldn't you agree it's disgust?

President means chief servant

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable.

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.