American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams.

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.

I think Dalai Lama is always careful about stressing that people be led into the practice by somebody who knows what's going on.

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.

A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.

All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.

Travel, for me, is a little bit like being in love, because suddenly all your senses are at the setting marked “on.