Action 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

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

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

— Martin Scorsese

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

Dalai Lama is transforming those criteria - and the whole way of conducting politics. He's conducting politics in a much deeper way than most…

— Pico Iyer

I think Dalai Lama efforts have been heroic.

— Pico Iyer

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

— Pico Iyer

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

— Ashin Wirathu

Dalai Lama's got nothing on me.

— Jimmy McGill

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

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

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

— Richard Gere