We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.

Adventure today means finding one's way back to the silence and stillness of a thousand years ago.

There's so much visible stuff around now, we're tempted to forget that it's usually the invisible that matters most.

[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that.

In a world full of shifting borders, everything is happening all at once in every possible direction.

Unlike many spiritual leaders, Dalai Lama is never been in a position to just sit on a mountain top handing out wisdom. He's had to live out his principles in the middle of this very complex situation, every day for sixty years or more. I think it's something that moves many people about his example.

Living here in California, I think one of the scariest things about California is the fact that it is rewriting its script and changing constantly and so many people don't know who they will be and who they will be with a year from now.