However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.

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.

We have worth because we were created in the image and likeness of God.

Most of the time, our enquiries are triggered by desires to corroborate what we think it is, rather than the genuine desire to know." - Anishka (Pg 177)

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

Believe that God has heard you.

Animals look at people the way people look at people that might mug them.

I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy.

It is only through the holes in our soul that we break out and God breaks through.

Free government cannot long endure if property is largely in a few hands, and large masses of people are unable to earn homes, education, and a support in old age.

I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.