# Emotional Intelligence

- Author: [Daniel Goleman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman.md)
- Quotes: 5
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman/emotional-intelligence

## Quotes

> There is an old-fashioned word for the body of skills that emotional intelligence represents: character.

p. 285 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman/emotional-intelligence/there-is-an-old-fashioned.md)

> 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.

p. 8 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman/emotional-intelligence/in-a-very.md)

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

p. 295 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman/emotional-intelligence/feelings-are-self-justifying.md)

> IQ is a genetic given that cannot be changed by life experience, and that our destiny in life is largely fixed by these aptitudes.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman/emotional-intelligence/iq-is-a-genetic.md)

> 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.

p. 36 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-goleman/emotional-intelligence/people-who-are.md)