Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages.

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.

Every living thing and every situation, is in divine order! Believe, and have faith that everything is where it is at, and should be! Everything happens for our highest good!

Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.

Money is perhaps the single most important parameter which influences our decision when it comes to a job.

A positive mind reflects many of the Sun’s characteristics: brightness, nourishment, and vibrance.

I was one of the founding members of State Legislators for Legal Immigration.

I don't sign contracts for my books.

The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.

Whenever I do get to work with John Barrowman, it is absolutely a joy. We just crack each other up.

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.