Daniel Goleman

"…if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication."

- Daniel Goleman

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

- Daniel Goleman

"Anger is an indication that we are lacking emotional intelligence."

- Daniel Goleman

"Focus is the gateway to all thinking."

- Daniel Goleman

"A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'"

- Daniel Goleman

"Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad."

- Daniel Goleman

"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."

- Daniel Goleman

""Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.""

- Daniel Goleman

"In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding."

- Daniel Goleman