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

• 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

• 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 have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support.

  Dalai Lama

  Common Sense, People, Support

• Cats, dogs, and some I mean, birds, many species of mammals, they also have the sort of potential to show affection firstly because of the biological factor.

  Dalai Lama

  Dog, Mean, Cat

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people's affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Thinking, People, Important

• My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Commitment, Compassion

• If you the owner of the dog, really showing not just food but real affection, then dog very much appreciate. Isn't it?

  Dalai Lama

  Dog, Real, Appreciate

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

  Dalai Lama

  Hatred, Mind, Important

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