287 Quotes by Daniel Goleman

Empathy meant that people felt the pain of those who were suffering. But when another group instead got instructions in compassion - feeling love for those suffering - their brains activated a completely different set of circuits, those for parental love of a child.

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

One friend can make the difference - even when all others turn their backs (and even when that friendship is not all that solid).

In the calculus of the heart it is the ratio of positive to negative emotions that determines the sense of well- being.

Emotional intelligence does not mean merely "being nice". At strategic moment it may demand not "being nice", but rather, for example, bluntly confronting someone with an uncomfortable but consequential truth they've been avoiding.

The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning--every teacher should know about it.

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.

Si quieres cambiar el mundo, primero intenta mejorar, hacer un cambio dentro de ti. Así contribuirás a cambiar a tu familia y a partir de ahí el cambio se expandirá- Dalai Lama.