Ability Quote by Dalai Lama

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

— Dalai Lama

Just give food without showing affection, [animals] might not get sort of 100% satisfaction. So they also, you see, when we human beings, we…

— Dalai Lama

Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.

— Gautama Buddha

Animals love. They love their being. They strive to survive, to celebrate, to propagate . So certainly something we learn from animals is love.…

— Matthew Fox

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps.

— Dalai Lama

Animal lovers often tend to be misanthropes or loners, and so they transfer their affection to the creature in their control.

— Paul Theroux

“Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the arguments of those who reject such standards,…

— Matthew Scully

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.

— Bertrand Russell

The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial…

— Charles Darwin

The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of…

— Frans de Waal

I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not…

— Dick Van Patten