Pico Iyer Quotes

Top 88 wise famous quotes and sayings by Pico Iyer

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. Pico Iyer Quotes

Pico Iyer Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Pico Iyer on Wise Famous Quotes.

Pico Iyer quotes: To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest wish. To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest wish.
Pico Iyer quotes: A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever. A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever.
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. 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: Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits. Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits.
Pico Iyer quotes: I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated. I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated.
Pico Iyer quotes: There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim. He There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim. He
Pico Iyer quotes: All his novels are unreliable gospels for those who can't be sure of a thing. All his novels are unreliable gospels for those who can't be sure of a thing.
Pico Iyer quotes: The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing. The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing.
Pico Iyer quotes: Certainly, I think Canada is many years ahead of the curve and still the great global pioneer. Certainly, I think Canada is many years ahead of the curve and still the great global pioneer.
Pico Iyer quotes: A writer is a palmist, reading the lines of the planet. A writer is a palmist, reading the lines of the planet.
Pico Iyer quotes: To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in. To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in.
Pico Iyer quotes: We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say. We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.
Pico Iyer quotes: Death undoes us less, sometimes, than the hope that it will never come. Death undoes us less, sometimes, than the hope that it will never come.
Pico Iyer quotes: For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands. For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.
Pico Iyer quotes: ... you could help people most by not giving them the burden of your heart. ... you could help people most by not giving them the burden of your heart.
Pico Iyer quotes: For centuries, Cuba's greatest resource has been its people. For centuries, Cuba's greatest resource has been its people.
Pico Iyer quotes: The open road is the school of doubt in which man learns faith in man. The open road is the school of doubt in which man learns faith in man.
Pico Iyer quotes: It so often happens that somebody says 'change your life' and you repaint your car rather than re-wire the engine. It so often happens that somebody says 'change your life' and you repaint your car rather than re-wire the engine.
Pico Iyer quotes: Hello Kitty will never speak. Hello Kitty will never speak.
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. 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: Movement is a fantastic privilege ... but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to. Movement is a fantastic privilege ... but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to.
Pico Iyer quotes: Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered. Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered.
Pico Iyer quotes: I think Dalai Lama efforts have been heroic. I think Dalai Lama efforts have been heroic.
Pico Iyer quotes: I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from. I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from.
Pico Iyer quotes: Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger. Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.
Pico Iyer quotes: Sitting still as a way of falling in love with the world and everything in it; Sitting still as a way of falling in love with the world and everything in it;
Pico Iyer quotes: I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness. I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.
Pico Iyer quotes: The one thing perhaps that technology hasn't always given us is a sense of how to make the wisest use of technology. The one thing perhaps that technology hasn't always given us is a sense of how to make the wisest use of technology.
Pico Iyer quotes: The more we run from a problem, the more we're actually running into it. The more we run from a problem, the more we're actually running into it.
Pico Iyer quotes: I think the world is always going to be as diverse as it always has been. I think the world is always going to be as diverse as it always has been.
Pico Iyer quotes: Technology, in short, cannot teach me how to do without technology. Technology, in short, cannot teach me how to do without technology.
Pico Iyer quotes: A person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation. A person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.
Pico Iyer quotes: A traveler is really not someone who crosses ground so much as someone who is always hungry for the next challenge and adventure. A traveler is really not someone who crosses ground so much as someone who is always hungry for the next challenge and adventure.
Pico Iyer quotes: Travel is an act of humility Travel is an act of humility
Pico Iyer quotes: We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.
Pico Iyer quotes: Families are so important here," I said. She looked surprised. "They are not everywhere? Families are so important here," I said. She looked surprised. "They are not everywhere?
Pico Iyer quotes: Like teenagers, we appear to have gone from knowing nothing about the world to knowing too much all but overnight. Like teenagers, we appear to have gone from knowing nothing about the world to knowing too much all but overnight.
Pico Iyer quotes: A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about. A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.
Pico Iyer quotes: When love is a commodity, you wonder why anyone's giving it away for free. Or what the hidden costs might be. When love is a commodity, you wonder why anyone's giving it away for free. Or what the hidden costs might be.
Pico Iyer quotes: The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now. The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.
Pico Iyer quotes: Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free. Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free.
Pico Iyer quotes: I'd turned to writing because it offered few escape routes or hiding places; it's harder to lie to yourself on the page than in the world. I'd turned to writing because it offered few escape routes or hiding places; it's harder to lie to yourself on the page than in the world.
Pico Iyer quotes: Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith. 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. For more and more of us, home has less to do with a piece of soil than a piece of soul.
Pico Iyer quotes: Like the moon on the water, in a way. When you confront a Zen master, what you're really seeing are not his limitations but yours. Like the moon on the water, in a way. When you confront a Zen master, what you're really seeing are not his limitations but yours.
Pico Iyer quotes: But as fast as geography is coming under our control, the clock is exerting more and more tyranny over us. But as fast as geography is coming under our control, the clock is exerting more and more tyranny over us.
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. 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: [The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that. [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: The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.
Pico Iyer quotes: Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure. Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure.
Pico Iyer quotes: So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation. So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation.
Pico Iyer quotes: Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice
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. 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: Was it only through another that I could begin to get at myself? Was it only through another that I could begin to get at myself?
Pico Iyer quotes: But it's only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it. But it's only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it.
Pico Iyer quotes: Places have charisma, in short, as much as people do. Places have charisma, in short, as much as people do.
Pico Iyer quotes: I suddenly realized I was racing around so much, I could never catch up with my life I suddenly realized I was racing around so much, I could never catch up with my life
Pico Iyer quotes: So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves. So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.
Pico Iyer quotes: Home lies in the things you carry with you everywhere and not the ones that tie you down. Home lies in the things you carry with you everywhere and not the ones that tie you down.
Pico Iyer quotes: Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions. Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.
Pico Iyer quotes: In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow.
Pico Iyer quotes: It's not our experiences that form us but the ways in which we respond to them; It's not our experiences that form us but the ways in which we respond to them;
Pico Iyer quotes: Destinations are less important than the spirit you bring to them. Destinations are less important than the spirit you bring to them.
Pico Iyer quotes: Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective. Movement is only as good as the sense of stillness that you can bring to it to put it into perspective.
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. 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: American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams. American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams.
Pico Iyer quotes: In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.
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? 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: A man sitting still is alone, often, with the memory of all he doesn't have. And what he does have can look very much like nothing. A man sitting still is alone, often, with the memory of all he doesn't have. And what he does have can look very much like nothing.
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. 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: Everyone is a Wordsworth in certain moods, and every traveler seeks out places that every traveler has missed. Everyone is a Wordsworth in certain moods, and every traveler seeks out places that every traveler has missed.
Pico Iyer quotes: Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds. Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds.
Pico Iyer quotes: All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder. All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.
Pico Iyer quotes: One curiosity of being a foreigner everywhere is that one finds oneself discerning Edens where the locals see only Purgatory. One curiosity of being a foreigner everywhere is that one finds oneself discerning Edens where the locals see only Purgatory.
Pico Iyer quotes: Home is, in the end, not just the place where you sleep, but the place where you stand. Home is, in the end, not just the place where you sleep, but the place where you stand.
Pico Iyer quotes: The beauty of any first time is that it leads to a thousand others ... The beauty of any first time is that it leads to a thousand others ...
Pico Iyer quotes: ... epiphanies rarely repeat themselves. ... epiphanies rarely repeat themselves.
Pico Iyer quotes: There's one problem with California." I wasn't eager to listen, but the sentence had a promising beginning. "It has no understanding of evil. There's one problem with California." I wasn't eager to listen, but the sentence had a promising beginning. "It has no understanding of evil.
Pico Iyer quotes: In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still. In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.
Pico Iyer quotes: I often think we're most happy when we forget the time, I often think we're most happy when we forget the time,
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. 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: Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either. Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.
Pico Iyer quotes: Reality seemed so paltry next to castles - dungeons - in the air. Reality seemed so paltry next to castles - dungeons - in the air.
Pico Iyer quotes: She liked it? 'I love itthe way you'd love an orphan, or a bird with a broken foot. She liked it? 'I love it
the way you'd love an orphan, or a bird with a broken foot.
Pico Iyer quotes: You can see exile as loss, and then it will be a loss for you. You can treat it as opportunity and then all kinds of benefits accrue. You can see exile as loss, and then it will be a loss for you. You can treat it as opportunity and then all kinds of benefits accrue.
Pico Iyer quotes: The beauty of being foreign is that it snaps you awake. The beauty of being foreign is that it snaps you awake.
Pico Iyer quotes: I think it's in human nature to want to have more, to compete with the other and, at some level, to be dissatisfied if someone else has more than you. I think it's in human nature to want to have more, to compete with the other and, at some level, to be dissatisfied if someone else has more than you.
Pico Iyer quotes: Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred. Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.