Daniel Goleman: Quotes about feelings

Daniel Goleman is American psychologist & journalist. Explore interesting quotes on feeling.

Daniel Goleman: 26 quotes4 likes

“In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels. These two fundamentally different ways of knowing interact to construct our mental life.”

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (1995), p. 8

“people's emotions are rarely put into words, far more often they are expressed through other cues.
the key to intuiting another's feelings is in the ability to read nonverbal channels, tone of voice, gesture, facial expression and the like”

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

“People who are emotionally adapt — who know and manage their feelings well, and who read and deal effectively with other people's feelings — are at an advantage in any domain in life, whether in romance and intimate relationships or picking up the unspoken rules that govern success in organizational politics.”

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (1995), p. 36

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

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (1995), p. 295

“Emotional Intelligence' refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships. It describes abilities distinct from, but complementary to, academic intelligence, the purely cognitive capacities measured by IQ.”

Source: Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998), p. 317