--- title: "8 Deeper Quotes By Pico Iyer" description: "8 Deeper quotes by Pico Iyer. Plus more from Pico Iyer and more Deeper sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/pico-iyer-1252_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-wes_105217.png" --- > [The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/pico-iyer-1252_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-wes_105217.png) > [I love the fact that we can't explain coincidences. I think it's like sometimes you walk into a crowded room and you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/i-love-the-fact-that-we-can-t-explain-coincidences-i-think-it-s-like/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/pico-iyer-1252_coincidence_i-love-the-fact-that-we-can-t-explain-co_656032.jpg) > [Because I don't belong entirely to Britain or the U.S. or India or Japan, I build my foundations in some way deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/because-i-don-t-belong-entirely-to-britain-or-the-u-s-or-india-or/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/pico-iyer-1252_britain_because-i-don-t-belong-entirely-to-brita_1234681.jpg) > [For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/for-if-every-true-love-affair-can-feel-like-a-journey-to-a-foreign/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/pico-iyer-1252_affair_for-if-every-true-love-affair-can-feel-l_1668739.jpg) > [To me, part of the beauty of a comma is that it offers a rest, like one in music: a break that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/to-me-part-of-the-beauty-of-a-comma-is-that-it-offers-a-rest-like-one/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/pico-iyer-1252_beauty_to-me-part-of-the-beauty-of-a-comma-is-t_2214483.jpg) > [Dalai Lama is transforming those criteria - and the whole way of conducting politics. He's conducting politics in a much deeper way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/dalai-lama-is-transforming-those-criteria-and-the-whole-way-of/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/pico-iyer-1252_able_dalai-lama-is-transforming-those-criteri_2526942.png) > [Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/nothing-makes-me-feel-better-calmer-clearer-and-happier-than-being-in/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/pico-iyer-1252_book_nothing-makes-me-feel-better-calmer-clea_2643110.png) > [The Dalai Lama says that when a Catholic and a Buddhist speak, the Buddhist becomes a deeper Buddhist and the Catholic becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-says-that-when-a-catholic-and-a-buddhist-speak-the/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/pico-iyer-1252_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-says-that-when-a-catholic_2996922.png) ## Other authors on Deeper ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeper/pico-iyer/#itemlist", "name": "8 Deeper Quotes By Pico Iyer", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions, and we should go deeper into our own traditions rather than just acquiring the surfaces of others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pico Iyer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-westerners-not-to-take-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/pico-iyer-1252_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-wes_105217.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/pico-iyer-1252_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-wes_105217.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/pico-iyer-1252_buddhism_the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-wes_105217.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our…” — Pico Iyer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love the fact that we can't explain coincidences. 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