"…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