For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when emotions hold sway.

The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.

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.

I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.