Empathy and emotions do not equate to knowledge or true understanding about others’ circumstances.

Not everything everywhere is for us.

Just because you live every waking moment with dreams of controlling other people doesn't mean the rest of us do.

If you can't control your own emotions, you're forced to control other people's behaviour. That's why the touchiest, most oversensitive and easily upset must not set the standard for the rest of us .

Though your emotions are always valid and need to be validated, they are hardly ever an accurate measure of what you are capable of in life.

Constructing a chain of logic was one thing; building a chain of emotions required a different understanding.

all virtues are not equally becoming to all men and at all times.

Not every article in every magazine or newspaper is meant to be a valentine card addressed to every reader's self-esteem.

I think the emotions that they truly feel within them and what they try to show to others, the mask that they put on, is different.

Not everybody will handle or treat people or situations like you would, because people are raised differently and have different exposures. They have different family values and backgrounds.

A story about tens of thousands of people struck down by their own military as they stood up for something noble does not have the same emotional impact on us as the story of one person does.

It is not always events that have touched us personally that affect us the most.

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.

After all, greatness is not for everybody