EQ + IQ = Toni Morrison

August 9, 2019

The emotional quotient is the measure of naming, decision making, and responding based on emotions. The intelligence quotation is a measure of mental performance and chronological age. Toni Morison was a great example of the balance of emotional intelligence with high intellect can lead to successful outcomes. She achieved exponential success for herself and empowered many others.

The world is saddened at the loss of Toni Morrison in the body; however, we rejoice that her spirit is present forever in her writings. Rest in Peace, Ms. Morrison. To get to know her, check out the excellent documentary, Toni Morrison: The Peices I Am.

Below are some of her words of wisdom left for us.

16 Toni Morrison Quotes to Make You Hold Your Head High

By Flavia Medrut - December 4, 2017

“You are your best thing.”

“You wanna fly, you got to give up the thing that weighs you down.”.

“Make a difference about something other than yourselves.”

“Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.”

“There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.”

“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.”

“I get angry about things, then go on and work.”

“You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.”

“I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can’t do anything anyway.’”

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it..”

“Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.”

“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”

“She is a friend of my mind. She gathered me, man. The pieces I am, she gathered them and gave them back to me in all the right order.”

“Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.”

“And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.”

“Anger … it’s a paralyzing emotion … you can’t get anything done. People sort of think it’s an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling – I don’t think it’s any of that – it’s helpless … it’s absence of control – I have no use for it whatsoever.”