Able Quote by Pico Iyer

I think [Dalai Lama]is far and away the most solid, deep-thinking, far-sighted politician I've met, and I've been a journalist for 26 years for…

— Pico Iyer

I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated.

— Pico Iyer

Dalai Lama is taking a subtle and nuanced view of politics and he is thinking in terms of events well beyond our lifetime.

— Pico Iyer

If you'd asked me some years ago, I would have said [Dalai Lama] is an extraordinarily compassionate, clear-sighted, calm human being. But now, I'm…

— Pico Iyer

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at this moment.

— Pico Iyer

Dalai Lama was leading his country during the rigors of World War II, he was in Beijing for a year in 1954; he was…

— Pico Iyer

More than any religious figure that I can think of, Dalai Lama goes out of his way to attend interfaith conferences; religious harmony is…

— Pico Iyer

For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to be in…

— Adolf Hitler

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

— Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama should not be partisan either, should remain above.

— Dalai Lama

He [Dalai Lama] feels, and I feel, and everyone feels the suffering and frustration of the Tibetans who long for action, who long for…

— Pico Iyer

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

— Dmitry Medvedev