Dalai Lama Quotes

People will help each other because there is a sense of camaraderie that springs up, which is a survival tactic. You help them because you know you might need their help later. And that is incredibly reassuring.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.

No one can survive on their own. Thinking you can is ridiculous, especially going into the middle half of the 21st century. To think you can do it alone is just ridiculous.

Mankind — the race would perish did they cease to aid each other.

Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive.” “That’s a lie.” “No. It’s just a half truth. You can worry about the other half after we win this war.

Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other.

You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.

People must help one another. It is nature's law.

Loneliness is not a problem in traditional societies. People spend their lives in or near the place where they were born, and they remain surrounded by relatives and childhood companions.

I love the idea that it doesn't take one person only to achieve your potential. It takes a village, it takes a community, a street, a teacher, a mother.

Your community is your survival.

That's the key thing I learned from making 'The East': It doesn't matter what happens in your life, good or bad. What matters is that there's a group around you to catch you when you fall and push you back up a little bit.

My mom always instilled in me that it was braver to ask for help when you need it. That has absolutely stuck with me over the years but became even more important in practice once I became a mother. It may sound trite, but the concept of 'it takes a village' really could not be more true.

People long to help each other, to be together, to share experiences, to be part of a community, to influence the powers that control their lives.

God designed humans to live in community.

All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual.

Think back to the most important experiences of your life, the highest highs, the greatest victories, the most daunting obstacles overcome. How many happened to you alone? I bet there are very few. When you understand that being connected to others is one of life's greatest joys, you realize that life's best comes when you initiate and invest in solid relationships.

No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God's faithful love.

As human beings, we are only able to survive in dependence upon the co-operation, help and kindness of other fellow humans.

We cannot walk alone.

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

You're not on your own. You're doing things with other people. This is very important for me.