I'm human here, people. I'm not the Dalai Lama. But I'm…

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,…

— Pico Iyer

I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's…

— Salman Rushdie

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at…

— Pico Iyer

The Dalai Lama once said that 'If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change!' This is a great…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward…

— Joe Nichols

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from…

— Ricky Martin

I think China's view of freedom has to do with material wealth and modernity, and the Dalai's Lama view of freedom is liberation in…

— Pico Iyer

Because of social media, we have access to amazing spiritual teachers. You can watch the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle or any number…

— Agapi Stassinopoulos

A good model of how to 'work with the enemy' internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul…

— Alice Walker

I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?

— Zach Braff

As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the…

— Pico Iyer

In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions,…

— Pico Iyer

The Dalai Lama would say that meditation is something that can help everyone. But he's aware that it can be misused or things can…

— Pico Iyer

If I prayed as much as I pluck, I'd be the Dalai Lama.

— Kathie Lee Gifford