People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

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.

Be with someone who inspires you and makes you be the best version of yourself.

I went window shopping today! I bought four windows.

In the year 3000, everything will be instant.

Entertaining is one method of avoiding people. It is very often the negation of hospitality.

The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we succeed.

I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.

Each song, you're telling a story and acting.

Poetry, when it takes sides, when it proposes solutions, isn't any smarter than anybody else.

If you live up against train tracks, it can make your life a living hell.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.