Action Quote by 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

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

A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not.

— Eric Ripert

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

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

— Dalai Lama

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

— Dalai Lama

I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.

— Ashin Wirathu

Unlike many spiritual leaders, Dalai Lama is never been in a position to just sit on a mountain top handing out wisdom. He's had…

— Pico Iyer

I think Dalai Lama is always careful about stressing that people be led into the practice by somebody who knows what's going on.

— Pico Iyer

Dalai Lama's got nothing on me.

— Jimmy McGill

Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous. Foolish! Not…

— Dalai Lama