I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It's an old principle, as old as the Buddha or Marcus Aurelius: We need at times to step away from our lives… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
In the two-room flat where I live in Japan, I try to take time every day to step away from the bombardment… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It's only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share
For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands. — Pico Iyer Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Like any traveler, I'm always looking for those experiences that are almost unique to any place, and watching films around Alaska of the skies… — Pico Iyer Copy Share
“When you're hurrying around too quickly," he had said, "there's a part of the world you can't see. If, for example, you're taking a… — Pico Iyer Copy Share
We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. — Pico Iyer Copy Share
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 Copy Share
And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share
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 Copy Share
When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share
In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from… — Pico Iyer Copy Share
Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger. — Pico Iyer Copy Share
