Dalai Lama Quotes About Affection

• We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Life

• More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource - when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Kindness, Appreciate

• We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being.

  Dalai Lama

  Friendship, Sympathy, Wisdom

• The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Spiritual, Anger

• Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing to harbor anger is futile. Training the mind and overcoming your anger is much more effective than mere prayer. Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

  Dalai Lama

  Jealousy, Respect, Prayer

• It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends.

  Dalai Lama

  Real, Expression, Affection

• Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

  Dalai Lama

  Brother, Heart, Rich Or Poor

• Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Happiness, Spiritual

• Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness. More important than being loved, therefore, is to love.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Concern For Others, Giving

• Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye.

  Dalai Lama

  Real, Eye, Leader

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

• Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

  Dalai Lama

  Hatred, Affection, Problem

• Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the welfare and rights of others, the more you are a genuine friend. The more you remain open and sincere, then ultimately more benefits will come to you. If you forget or do not bother about others, then eventually you will lose your own benefit.

  Dalai Lama

  Friendship, Rights, Genuine Friends

• Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Compassion, Peaceful

• When I look at birds and animals, their survival is without rules, without conditions, without organization. But mothers take good care of their offspring. That's nature. In human beings also, parents - particularly mothers - and children have a special bond. Mother's milk is a sign of this affection. We are created that way. The child's survival is entirely dependent on someone else's affection. So, basically, each individual's survival or future depends on society. We need these human values.

  Dalai Lama

  Mother, Children, Animal

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

• True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.

  Dalai Lama

  True Friend, Affection, Results

• When we speak of a calm state of mind or peace of mind, we shouldn't confuse that with an insensitive state of apathy. Having a calm or peaceful state of mind doesn't mean being spaced out or completely empty. Peace of mind or a calm state of mind is rooted in affection and compassion and is sensitive and responsive to others.

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Compassion, Peaceful

• I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, People, Inner Beauty

• We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Needs, Affection, Humans

• The most important thing in life is human affection.
  Without it one cannot achieve genuine happiness.
  And if we want a happier life, a happier family, happier neighbours
  or a happier nation, the key is inner quality.
  Even if the five billion human beings that inhabit the earth become
  millionaires, without inner development there cannot be peace
  or any lasting happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Things In Life, Lasting Happiness, Keys

• My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of concern for others. We need to nurture it. Scientists have found that to ensure even physical health peace of mind is essential. People often think that love and compassion are only matters of religious concern, but in fact such values are necessary in all human relations

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Religious, Buddhist

• I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result, not only for ourselves, but also for the society to which we belong. I generally refer to this sort of love and affection as a universal religion. Everyone needs it, believers as much as non-believers. This attitude constitutes the very basis of morality.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Loving Nature, Needs

• I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Thinking, Compassion

• [Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child, no religious faith.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Children, Animal

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Female, Affection

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• Looking at the pattern of our existence from birth to death, we can see the way in which we are fundamentally nurtured by other's affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Patterns, Way, Affection

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