Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself.

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.

Is there any reward?I'm beginning to doubt it.I am broken and bored, Is there any rewardReassure me, Good Lord, And inform me about it.Is there any reward?I'm beginning to doubt it.

But I need solitude--which is to say, recovery, return to myself, the breath of a free, light, playful air.

Her idea of a romantic setting is one that has a diamond in it. If you feel the need to marry a doctor I suggest a dermatologist. Good hours free Retin-A.

I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.

Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.

I had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to school with me cos he was my favourite.

Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

I met my husband when a friend sent him over to my house to cure my hiccoughs.

Words are your business, boy. Not just the word. Words are everything. The key to the rock, the answer to the question.