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> [“Was it only through another that I could begin to get at myself?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/was-it-only-through-another-that-i-could-begin-to-get-at-myself/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

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> [I sometimes think that so much of our life takes place inside our heads - in memory or imagination or interpretation or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/i-sometimes-think-that-so-much-of-our-life-takes-place-inside-our/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

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> [It's only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/it-s-only-by-taking-myself-away-from-clutter-and-distraction-that-i/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

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## Other authors on Begin

## More by Pico Iyer

> [ \[The Dalai Lama\] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-told-me-some-years-ago-i-ve-made-every-concession-to/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/for-citizens-who-think-themselves-puppets-in-the-hands-of-their/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-would-say-that-meditation-is-something-that-can-help/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/like-any-traveler-i-m-always-looking-for-those-experiences-that-are/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/when-you-re-hurrying-around-too-quickly-he-had-said-there-s-a-part-of/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/we-travel-to-open-our-hearts-and-eyes-and-learn-more-about-the-world/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-westerners-not-to-take-up/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/and-if-travel-is-like-love-it-is-in-the-end-mostly-because-it-s-a/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/as-soon-as-i-began-to-talk-to-dalai-lama-i-realized-that-chinese-and/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/when-we-are-kids-we-imagine-that-to-define-ourselves-or-to-find/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [A writer is a palmist, reading the lines of the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/a-writer-is-a-palmist-reading-the-lines-of-the-planet/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/in-barely-one-generation-we-ve-moved-from-exulting-in-the-time-saving/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [For centuries, Cubas greatest resource has been its people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/for-centuries-cubas-greatest-resource-has-been-its-people/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/writing-is-in-the-end-that-oddest-of-anomalies-an-intimate-letter-to/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

> [“Was it only through another that I could begin to get at myself?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/was-it-only-through-another-that-i-could-begin-to-get-at-myself/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

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