Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.

True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.

Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability and technical skill combined.

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.

There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.

Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.

As much as 80% of adult "success" comes from EQ.

One aspect of a successful relationship is not just how compatible you are, but how you deal with your incompatibility.

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.

You don’t need to be anywhere

Spontaneity is the province of youth

The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law?

A shame. As promising as a sky full'a rainbows but as useful as a bag'a dirt.

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state.

We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.

Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.

The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.