The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The more internationalism there is in the world, the more nationalism there will always be, as people feel scared of the Other… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
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… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I wanted to bring the book out right now because I think anyone who cares about Tibet knew there would be disturbances… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays it’s often freedom from information,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
He [Dalai Lama] feels, and I feel, and everyone feels the suffering and frustration of the Tibetans who long for action, who… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 away from… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
![“I wanted to bring the book out right now because I think anyone who cares about Tibet knew there would be disturbances in the run up to the Olympics [2008]. Many Tibetans feel it's their last chance to broadcast their suffering and frustration and pain to the world before the Olympics take place…” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/708/pico-iyer-1252_accepted_i-wanted-to-bring-the-book-out-right-now_1219108.jpg)
![“He [Dalai Lama] feels, and I feel, and everyone feels the suffering and frustration of the Tibetans who long for action, who long for a militant response. But, in some ways very few of those individuals have ever been in the position of being head of state.” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36c/pico-iyer-1252_action_he-dalai-lama-feels-and-i-feel-and-every_2591075.jpg)
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![“[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, and still things get worse in Tibet." If you look at it from one point of view, as he himself says, his monastic position of forbearance and nonviolence hasn't reaped any…” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9fe/pico-iyer-1252_benefits_the-dalai-lama-told-me-some-years-ago-i_678.jpg)
