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Pico Iyer Quotes

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 them - often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug Picture Quote #1

A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself, reversing, redoubling, and returning along the course of its own sweet river music; while the semicolon brings clauses and thoughts together with all the silent discretion of a hostess arranging guests around her dinner table Picture Quote #1

In financial terms, my sense is that the distribution of wealth, unequal as it is, is self-perpetuating, and, especially in a linked and accelerating world, the rich get ever more quickly richer while the poor get ever more speedily poorer Picture Quote #1

People are always asking me where I come from, and they’re expecting me to say India, and they’re absolutely right insofar as 100 percent of my blood and ancestry does come from India. Except, I’ve never lived one day of my life there. I can’t speak even one word of its more than 22,000 dialects Picture Quote #1

In many a piece of music, it’s the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape. And I know I, as a writer, will often try to include a lot of empty space on the page so that the reader can complete my thoughts and sentences and so that her imagination has room to breathe Picture Quote #1

Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think Picture Quote #1

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The Australians, it seems to me, thrive on their remoteness from the world and see it as a way of keeping up a code of No worries, mate, while peddling their oddities to visitors: nonconformity is at once a fact of life for many, and a selling point Picture Quote #1

We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more Picture Quote #1

Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love Picture Quote #1

You rebel against your parents until you become them. One day you look in the mirror and you see your father’s face Picture Quote #1

Adventure today means finding one’s way back to the silence and stillness of a thousand years ago Picture Quote #1

Movement is a fantastic privilege... but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to Picture Quote #1

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If we want to talk about Gross Natural Product, we have to talk about the King of Bhutan’s index of Gross National Happiness, too. Certainly I have found, as many travellers before me, that people in the poorest places are often the readiest to shower me, from an affluent country, with hospitality and kindness Picture Quote #1

Though I knew that poverty certainly didn’t buy happiness, I wasn’t convinced that money did, either Picture Quote #1

I’m no Buddhist monk, and I can’t say I’m in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I’ve written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn’t want or need, not all I did Picture Quote #1

Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred Picture Quote #1

The open road is the school of doubt in which man learns faith in man Picture Quote #1

Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger Picture Quote #1

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We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves Picture Quote #1

Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits Picture Quote #1

Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice Picture Quote #1

Death undoes us less, sometimes, than the hope that it will never come Picture Quote #1

The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing Picture Quote #1

Destinations are less important than the spirit you bring to them Picture Quote #1

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Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions Picture Quote #1

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention Picture Quote #1

In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow Picture Quote #1

In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still Picture Quote #1

Technology, in short, cannot teach me how to do without technology Picture Quote #1

I often think we’re most happy when we forget the time Picture Quote #1

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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 them - often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug. (Pico Iyer Quotes) A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself, reversing, redoubling, and returning along the course of its own sweet river music; while the semicolon brings clauses and thoughts together with all the silent discretion of a hostess arranging guests around her dinner table. (Pico Iyer Quotes) In financial terms, my sense is that the distribution of wealth, unequal as it is, is self-perpetuating, and, especially in a linked and accelerating world, the rich get ever more quickly richer while the poor get ever more speedily poorer. (Pico Iyer Quotes) People are always asking me where I come from, and they’re expecting me to say India, and they’re absolutely right insofar as 100 percent of my blood and ancestry does come from India. Except, I’ve never lived one day of my life there. I can’t speak even one word of its more than 22,000 dialects. (Pico Iyer Quotes) In many a piece of music, it’s the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape. And I know I, as a writer, will often try to include a lot of empty space on the page so that the reader can complete my thoughts and sentences and so that her imagination has room to breathe. (Pico Iyer Quotes) Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think. (Pico Iyer Quotes) The Australians, it seems to me, thrive on their remoteness from the world and see it as a way of keeping up a code of No worries, mate, while peddling their oddities to visitors: nonconformity is at once a fact of life for many, and a selling point. (Pico Iyer Quotes) We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more. (Pico Iyer Quotes) Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love. (Pico Iyer Quotes) You rebel against your parents until you become them. One day you look in the mirror and you see your father’s face. (Pico Iyer Quotes) Adventure today means finding one’s way back to the silence and stillness of a thousand years ago. (Pico Iyer Quotes) Movement is a fantastic privilege... but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to. (Pico Iyer Quotes) If we want to talk about Gross Natural Product, we have to talk about the King of Bhutan’s index of Gross National Happiness, too. Certainly I have found, as many travellers before me, that people in the poorest places are often the readiest to shower me, from an affluent country, with hospitality and kindness. (Pico Iyer Quotes) Though I knew that poverty certainly didn’t buy happiness, I wasn’t convinced that money did, either. (Pico Iyer Quotes) I’m no Buddhist monk, and I can’t say I’m in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I’ve written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn’t want or need, not all I did. (Pico Iyer Quotes) Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred (Pico Iyer Quotes) The open road is the school of doubt in which man learns faith in man (Pico Iyer Quotes) Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger (Pico Iyer Quotes) We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves (Pico Iyer Quotes) Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits (Pico Iyer Quotes) Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice (Pico Iyer Quotes) Death undoes us less, sometimes, than the hope that it will never come (Pico Iyer Quotes) The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing (Pico Iyer Quotes) Destinations are less important than the spirit you bring to them (Pico Iyer Quotes) Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions (Pico Iyer Quotes) In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention (Pico Iyer Quotes) In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow (Pico Iyer Quotes) In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still (Pico Iyer Quotes) Technology, in short, cannot teach me how to do without technology (Pico Iyer Quotes) I often think we’re most happy when we forget the time (Pico Iyer Quotes)

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