The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.

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.

It's sad to see the world live in ignorance full of pain only enjoyed luxuriously by the few stupid greedy ones.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Gimmicks come and go the cop show seems one genre that will never leave - not as long as people like to sit at home in the suburbs and see what awful things go on in the cities.

The funeral was over, at last I could cry. Except that I couldn't. My tears, kept in too long, had fossilized. They would have to stay in forever now.

The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.

I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.

Republicans also took control of the Senate after gaining another seven seats. I haven't seen the GOP get this many seats since Chris Christie made an airline reservation.

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.