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![[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937215/937215.webp "[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that Picture Quote #1")
![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 Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937216/937216.webp "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 Picture Quote #1")
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![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 Time magazine, so I’ve met a lot of politicians Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937225/937225.webp "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 Time magazine, so I’ve met a lot of politicians Picture Quote #1")
![When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese. Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937226/937226.webp "When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese. Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought Picture Quote #1")
![I’ve also learned from [Dalai Lama] that we make the world by how we choose to look at it. In any situation you can make it constructive or dismaying, depending on that powerful computer we call the mind Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937229/937229.webp "I’ve also learned from [Dalai Lama] that we make the world by how we choose to look at it. In any situation you can make it constructive or dismaying, depending on that powerful computer we call the mind Picture Quote #1")
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![With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937230/937230.webp "With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see Picture Quote #1")
![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 Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937235/937235.webp "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 Picture Quote #1")
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![He [The Dalai Lama] has made it his mission to say, We can’t afford to squabble over minor differences, we have to concentrate on what we have in common, our common mission, our common culture - and indeed what we have in common with the rest of the world Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/938/937238/937238.webp "He [The Dalai Lama] has made it his mission to say, We can’t afford to squabble over minor differences, we have to concentrate on what we have in common, our common mission, our common culture - and indeed what we have in common with the rest of the world Picture Quote #1")
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Contractions, ‘U’ for ‘you’ and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn’t want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. Where would all the fun go? (Pico Iyer Quotes)
I remember how, in the corporate world, I always knew there was some higher position I could attain, which meant that, like Zeno’s arrow, I was guaranteed never to arrive and always to remain dissatisfied. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that’s necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
The power of affinity lies in its mystery: the way it stands outside everything logical; you step into a crowded room and see a stranger, and somehow you feel you know her better than you know the friends you came with. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
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 Quotes)
The Dalai Lama says that when a Catholic and a Buddhist speak, the Buddhist becomes a deeper Buddhist and the Catholic becomes a deeper Catholic. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
I think of the Dalai Lama as a doctor of the mind offering medicine and specific counsel and cures in the way a great doctor would. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
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 go wrong. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
Dalai Lama is very interested in learning from and sharing tips with people in other traditions, but he always stresses that we shouldn’t underestimate the important differences between them. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
More than any religious figure that I can think of, Dalai Lama goes out of his way to attend interfaith conferences; religious harmony is one of his urgent priorities in life. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
Dalai Lama has not coming to show us his kindness, so that we can enjoy his charisma, he’s coming with a specific message for the specific circumstances of the world today. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
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 Time magazine, so I’ve met a lot of politicians. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese. Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
The Dalai Lama acknowledges that he’s met Westerners who to some extent are clearly Easterners at heart, and he would never want them not to become Buddhists just because they happened to be born in California. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
I’ve also learned from [Dalai Lama] that we make the world by how we choose to look at it. In any situation you can make it constructive or dismaying, depending on that powerful computer we call the mind. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
Most of us who have been lucky enough to hear, read and see the Dalai Lama, often come away thinking, What a kind, inspiring and golden human being! That is true, but I think it does him an injustice. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
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. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
The Dalai Lama says Tibet and the modern world can engage in a conversation; perhaps Tibet has something to share with the rest of us based on its researches into mind, and we have a lot that we can share with Tibet. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
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. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the same. And as he pointed out during the recent disturbances, the Chinese are suffering under a tough government much as the Tibetans are. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
Dalai Lama was leading his country during the rigors of World War II, he was in Beijing for a year in 1954; he was up against Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai from the time that he was fifteen. So he’s no newcomer or naive when it comes to politics. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
He [The Dalai Lama] has made it his mission to say, We can’t afford to squabble over minor differences, we have to concentrate on what we have in common, our common mission, our common culture - and indeed what we have in common with the rest of the world. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
A single Dallas Cowboys football game uses up as much electricity as the entire nation of Liberia in those same three hours - one reason the globe, if looked at from a certain height, is a cluster of lights surrounded by enormous patches of dark. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me this, and the occasional singer or film-maker or artist. But my most reliable sources of electricity are Henry David Thoreau, Shakespeare, Melville and Emily Dickinson. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
Older boys were allowed to beat younger ones at my 15th-century English boarding school, and every boy had to run a five-mile annual steeplechase through the sludge and rain of an October day, as horses do. We wrote poems in dead languages and recited the Lord’s Prayer in Latin every Sunday night. (Pico Iyer Quotes)
I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless. (Pico Iyer Quotes)