Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.

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.

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue those steps. It is a primal motivating force, and its absence is paralyzing.

The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks