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Pico Iyer Quotes

A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about Picture Quote #1

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual Picture Quote #1

The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug Picture Quote #1

A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement can encourage the wrong kinds of distance, and if the nationalism we see sparking up around the globe arises from too narrow and fixed a sense of loyalty, the internationalism that’s coming to birth may reflect too roaming and undefined a sense of belonging 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

... home lies in the things you carry with you everywhere and not the ones that tie you down Picture Quote #1

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And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end Picture Quote #1

In our appetite for gossip, we tend to gobble down everything before us, only to find, too late, that it is our ideals we have consumed, and we have not been enlarged by the feasts but only diminished 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

Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith Picture Quote #1

For more and more of us, home has less to do with a piece of soil than a piece of soul 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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I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do in such circumstances, as well as one of the most rewarding things, is to go and meet the neighbors, find out who they are, and what they think and feel. So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation Picture Quote #1

For me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at home, and seeing everything I thought I knew in a different light, and from a crooked angle Picture Quote #1

For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language, and you don’t know where you’re going, and you’re pulled ever deeper into the inviting darkness, every trip to a foreign country can be a love affair, where you’re left puzzling over who you are and whom you’ve fallen in love with Picture Quote #1

Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself 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

I do think it’s only by stopping movement that you can see where to go. And it’s only by stepping out of your life and the world that you can see what you most deeply care about… and find a home Picture Quote #1

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Travel spins us round in two ways at once: It shows us the sights and values and issues that we might ordinarily ignore; but it also, and more deeply, shows us all the parts of ourselves that might otherwise grow rusty Picture Quote #1

To step away from the world isn’t to draw back; it’s actually a way to tune in Picture Quote #1

Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective Picture Quote #1

So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation Picture Quote #1

Every day there are small moments when we have a choice: will we take in more stuff, or just clear our minds out for a bit? Picture Quote #1

Writing should... be as spontaneous and urgent as a letter to a lover, or a message to a friend who has just lost a parent... and writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger Picture Quote #1

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In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still Picture Quote #1

I exult in the fact I can see everywhere with a flexible eye; the very notion of home is foreign to me, as the state of foreignness is the closest thing I know to home Picture Quote #1

Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply Picture Quote #1

Visiting a new town is like having a conversation. Places ask questions of you just as searchingly as you question them. And, as in any conversation, it helps to listen with an open mind, so you can be led somewhere unexpected. The more you leave assumptions at home, I’ve found, the better you can hear whatever it is that a destination is trying to say to you Picture Quote #1

As soon as I’m on the road, I see, often palpably, that I know nothing at all, which is always a great liberation Picture Quote #1

The more we run from a problem, the more we’re actually running into it Picture Quote #1

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A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about (Pico Iyer Quotes) The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual (Pico Iyer Quotes) The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug (Pico Iyer Quotes) A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement can encourage the wrong kinds of distance, and if the nationalism we see sparking up around the globe arises from too narrow and fixed a sense of loyalty, the internationalism that’s coming to birth may reflect too roaming and undefined a sense of belonging (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) ... home lies in the things you carry with you everywhere and not the ones that tie you down (Pico Iyer Quotes) And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end (Pico Iyer Quotes) In our appetite for gossip, we tend to gobble down everything before us, only to find, too late, that it is our ideals we have consumed, and we have not been enlarged by the feasts but only diminished (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) Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith (Pico Iyer Quotes) For more and more of us, home has less to do with a piece of soil than a piece of soul (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) I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do in such circumstances, as well as one of the most rewarding things, is to go and meet the neighbors, find out who they are, and what they think and feel. So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation (Pico Iyer Quotes) For me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at home, and seeing everything I thought I knew in a different light, and from a crooked angle (Pico Iyer Quotes) For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language, and you don’t know where you’re going, and you’re pulled ever deeper into the inviting darkness, every trip to a foreign country can be a love affair, where you’re left puzzling over who you are and whom you’ve fallen in love with (Pico Iyer Quotes) Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself (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) I do think it’s only by stopping movement that you can see where to go. And it’s only by stepping out of your life and the world that you can see what you most deeply care about… and find a home (Pico Iyer Quotes) Travel spins us round in two ways at once: It shows us the sights and values and issues that we might ordinarily ignore; but it also, and more deeply, shows us all the parts of ourselves that might otherwise grow rusty (Pico Iyer Quotes) To step away from the world isn’t to draw back; it’s actually a way to tune in (Pico Iyer Quotes) Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective (Pico Iyer Quotes) So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation (Pico Iyer Quotes) Every day there are small moments when we have a choice: will we take in more stuff, or just clear our minds out for a bit? (Pico Iyer Quotes) Writing should... be as spontaneous and urgent as a letter to a lover, or a message to a friend who has just lost a parent... and writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger (Pico Iyer Quotes) In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still (Pico Iyer Quotes) I exult in the fact I can see everywhere with a flexible eye; the very notion of home is foreign to me, as the state of foreignness is the closest thing I know to home (Pico Iyer Quotes) Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply (Pico Iyer Quotes) Visiting a new town is like having a conversation. Places ask questions of you just as searchingly as you question them. And, as in any conversation, it helps to listen with an open mind, so you can be led somewhere unexpected. The more you leave assumptions at home, I’ve found, the better you can hear whatever it is that a destination is trying to say to you (Pico Iyer Quotes) As soon as I’m on the road, I see, often palpably, that I know nothing at all, which is always a great liberation (Pico Iyer Quotes) The more we run from a problem, the more we’re actually running into it (Pico Iyer Quotes)

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