I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example.

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.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also have to move the chair.

There is no gain without an effort, some gain with lots of effort and wonderful gain with smart effort.

The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

It's OK if Tim McGraw goes and does a movie, and it's OK if Justin Timberlake does a movie, but it's not OK for an actor to become a singer. I never understood that.

A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.

It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.

Of all things love is the most potent.

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game