Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

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.

With humanity, life has ended up with a living creature that never quite finds itself in the right place, a living creature destined to wander and endlessly make mistakes.

Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man.

My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.

One's attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

I can't tell anyone to vote.

My answers have been prayered.

It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

I don't want to work, I want to bang on the drum all day.