Like secondhand smoke, the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state.

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.

Just that I have loved you, even when I was nothing and no one to you, when you didn’t know my name and barely knew my face.- Leo

True wisdom listens more, talks less, and can get along with all types of people.

My family is very far from normal.

Those of you who love the Lord should hate evil

When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music.

Either I'm funny or the world's funny. I don't know which. The bottle and lid don't fit. It could be the bottle's fault or the lid's fault. In either case, there's no denying that the fit is bad.

We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.

I think there is some real therapy in getting your hands in the dirt and working with food.

Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well.