Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side’s demands—knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them.

School success is not predicted by a child's fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional and social measures; being self-assured and interested: knowing what kind of behavior is expected and how to rein in the impulse to misbehave; being able to wait, to follow directions, and to turn to teachers for help; and expressing needs while getting along with other children.

One of the leading theories of why electroconvulsive therapy is effective for most severe depressions is that it causes a loss of short-term memory - patients feel better because they can't remember why they were sad.

Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.

Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.

Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit.

In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels